Four of the five youths killed in an 'encounter' with the Rapid Action Battalion at Uttara in Dhaka on Friday night, were identified by their families on Saturday, the law enforcers and hospital source said.
Family members at Dhaka Medical College Hospital identified the deceased as rent-a-car driver Suruj Mia, 21, shopkeeper Hasan, 22, handicrafts trader Mir Mustafa, 26, and apparel factory worker Maruf, 22. Identify of the fifth youth could not be known till 8:30pm, the hospital sources said.
The five young men were hit by bullets in the head and chest in the RAB firing on Sonargaon-Janapath near Mascot Plaza at Uttara on Friday night when some of them came in a car and met some others waiting there.
Their families could not receive the bodies till last night as post-mortem examinations were yet to be done, said DMCH morgue sources.
Families of Mustafa and Hasan said they were activists of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party.
Mustafa's father Mir Musaddeque told reporters at the DMCH that he would sue the battalion personnel for killing his son.
According to a RAB release, the law enforcers found three cases filed against Hasan with Tongi police station and five cases against Mustafa with Tongi, Joydevpur and Dakkhinkhan police stations. The law enforcers were investigating whether there were any cases filed against Maruf and an unnamed deceased.
The press release, however, said they were yet to find any case filed against Suruj Miah, the driver and owner of the car which police seized from the spot.
'We last met at iftar time,' said Suruj's cousin Kawsar, adding, 'Suruj told me that he would meet me again after dropping some passengers at Uttara.'
RAB members had detained unhurt Mohammad Imran, 18, and Saidur Rahman, 20, during the 'gunfight'.
The Uttara police early Saturday filed three cases against the two.
They were produced in a Dhaka metropolitan court for questioning.
Source : New Age
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