KUSHTIA, July 25: A regional leader of the outlawed Purba Banglar Communist Party (PBCP) was killed in a reported gunfight with police at Bhanga Bottoil in Mirpur upazila early Saturday.
The deceased was identified as Palash Malitha, 28, regional leader of (ML-Lal Pataka), a faction of the PBCP and son of Abul Malitha of Khamarpara village in the upazila.
Kazi Jalal Uddin, officer-in-charge of Mirpur Police Station, said acting on secret information that a gang of outlawed party men were taking preparation to commit robbery on the Kushtia-Meherpur road by placing logs in the area, a team of police conducted a drive in the area around 1:30 am. -UNB