Dhaka/IBNS: In a shootout incident, a leader of an outlawed group was killed in Bangladesh's Harinakundu area, media reports said.
The incident took place in the Upazila’s Tetulia Mor area at 2am on Monday, according to Harinakundu Police Station OC Md Asaduzzaman, reported bdnews24.
The deceased person was identified as 50-year-old Badsha Sheikh.
He was a regional leader of Purbo Banglar Communist Party, police told the newsportal.
The man was implicated in nine cases, including seven cases of murder, with Harinakundu and Jhenaidah police stations, reported bdnews24.
Police have recovered a shutter gun, a bullet and two sharp weapons from the spot.
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