Outlaws slaughter four cops in Naogaon

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Underground operatives yesterday shot and slaughtered four policemen at a market in Naogaon and looted arms and ammunition.
The killings are believed to have been in retaliation for several incidents including the death of a top PBCP (Lal Pataka) leader in “crossfire” with Rab last month and 11 other outlaws in a police raid in Pabna on August 17.

During the attack, a Jubo Dal leader died and 30 others were injured.

The attackers looted three rifles, pistol and ammunition of the law enforcers and blasted a number of crackers and opened fire after committing the murders at Chowbaria Hat, a cattle market.

The slain were identified as Assistant Sub-Inspector Feroz, constables Aslam, Babul and Farid of Manda Police Station, and organising secretary of Manda Jubo Dal leader Nazar Ali.

The on-duty policemen were sitting at a tea stall at the market, some 50-km northwest of Rajshahi city, at around 6:30pm when a band of 30 outlaws swooped on them.

Witnesses said the attackers entered the market blasting bombs and opening gunfire to scare away the people.

The policemen died on the spot as they were slaughtered right in front of hundreds of locals after being shot at point-blank.

Nazar Ali received bullet wounds as he was sitting with the policemen and died on the way to hospital.

The outlaws left the scene, chanting slogans in favour of PBCP [Lal Pataka], said the witnesses.

Of the injured, 12 were admitted to Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital (RMCH), eight to Tanore Upazila Health Complex, while the rest took treatment at local clinics.

Although the outlaws killed in Pabna were said to have been belonging to PBCP Janajuddho faction, yesterday’s killers chanted slogans for rival Red Flag (Lal Potaka) faction, said a witness.

Police forces from Rajshahi and Naogaon rushed to the scene and recovered the bodies lying in a pool of blood.

Manda upazila nirbahi officer and assistant superintendent of police reached the scene at 8:30pm. No other senior officials however visited the spot as of filing of this report at 9:00pm.

The Lal Pataka sources said they carried out the attack to take revenge for the killings of their leader Kamrul Master and 11 others in last two months.

PBCP Lal Pataka chief adviser Kamrul Islam alias Kamrul Master, 55, and operations commander Md Abdul Latif alias Jhunu Maker, 40, were killed in “crossfire” in Pabna on November 14, 2005.

Eleven outlaws were shot dead and five policemen injured during a gunfight between police and the PBCP operatives at Sarir Bhita-Nakharaj village in Sujanagar upazila in the district on August 17.

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