A suspected Yaba trader was killed in an alleged gunfight with members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) at Sluice Gate area at Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar in the early hours on Saturday.
A press release of BGB said that on information, a team of BGB-2 conducted a drive and challenged a boat carrying three people along no 1 sluice gate of the Naf River. Sensing presence of BGB men, the criminals opened fire on them, forcing them to fire back that triggered a gunfight. At one stage, all the criminals jumped into the river in a bid to flee.
Later, the BGB members arrested a man with bullet injuries and took him to a local hospital where the on duty doctors declared him dead. Two BGB men were also injured during the incident, says the press release.
The BGB recovered a locally made firearm, 2.10 lakh Yaba tablets worth Tk 6.30 crore, and two bullets of cartridges from the spot.
