Army official among 4 killed in Bandarban ‘gunfight

PBC News:  Four persons, including an army officer and three members of Parbatya Chattogram Jana Sanghati Samiti (PCJSS), were killed during a ‘gunfight’ at Ruma upazila in Bandarban district on Wednesday night.

Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) confirmed the matter in a press release issued in this regard on Thursday.

The dead army personnel was Habibur Rahman, 28, a senior warrant officer, and another army member Md Firoz was also injured during the exchange of fire.

But the identities of the dead PCJSS members could not be known.

According to the press release, on secret information that a gang of PCJSS members will come at Bothi Para area under Ruma upazila for collecting tolls, a team of army, led by Habibur Rahman, conducted a driver there around 10:20pm on Wednesday.

Sensing their presence, the criminals opened fire on them, forcing the army personnel to fire back.

Habibur Rahman and three other criminals died by bullets on the scene. Another army member was also injured and was taken to Chattogram Combined Military Hospital.

The team seized an SMG, 275 rounds of ammunition, three magazines, three muskets, five musket shells, four pairs of uniforms and Tk 52,900 ‘collected through extortion’ from the scene.