A 29-year-old man, reportedly picked by plainclothesmen on Tuesday from Dhaka court premises, was killed in a 'gunfight' with the Rapid Action Battalion at Shyampur in the capital early Thursday.
The deceased, Gopal Chandra Shil, 32, was wanted by the police as he was accused in at least 12 cases, mostly related to murder, the police said.
The latest incident took to 26 the number of such people killed extrajudicially in the incidents of 'crossfire,' 'gunfight' or 'encounter' after January 1. Eleven of them were killed in Dhaka.
Two hundred and fifty-six people have so far fallen victim to extrajudicial killing by law enforcers since January 6, 2009
when the government assumed office with a commitment to end extrajudicial killing.
The family said that the battalion personnel in plainclothes had picked him up on Tuesday and shot him on Thursday.
The victim's father Ram Mondol Shil, 52, alleged that the law enforcers had picked his son from the Dhaka court premises on Tuesday when he was coming out after appearing in the court in a case.
Ram said that his son was arrested eight months ago in a false case. 'The police produced him in the court in a case and the he was sent to jail.'
Gopal was released three months ago and was trying to start a business, Ram said at Mitford Hospital.
The Kadamtali police officer-in-charge, Kazi Ayubur Rahman, said a patrol team of RAB 10 challenged Gopal and his associates when they were holding a meeting near the WASA tank at Shyampur about 1:30am.
The group then fired into the battalion personnel, who fired back, leading to a 'gunfight.'
Gopal died on the spot, the police said. 'Others, however, managed to get away.'
A pistol and a bullet were recovered from the place.
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