News No.
89/2015: Thursday, June 18, 2015
MEMBERS of the Rapid
Action Battalion detained a Jumma man named Avik Chakma yesterday from Atmile
area on Khagrachari - Dighinala road following an alleged shootout with
miscreants.
However, the police
said they had no information on the incident, which reportedly took place on
Wednesday afternoon.
RAB sources claimed
that they had recovered two foreign-made pistols and 18 rounds of bullets
following the skirmish.
Lt. Col. Mishta,
commander of RAB-7 (Chittagong Uinit), confirmed the incident, saying ‘There
was an exchange of fire between the two sides as we proceeded to arrest Avik.’
‘However in the face
of resistance from the RAB side, the miscreants could not hold out and staged a
retreat,'’ he added.
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