Army officer killed in gunfight with robbers in Cox’s Bazar

An officer of the Bangladesh Military became killed in a gunfight for the period of a raid to get better unlawful firearms in Cox’s Bazar’s Chakaria upazila on the present time (24 September).

The incident occurred round 3:30am for the period of an overnight operation led by the military in the Maizpara build of Dulahazara Union.

The deceased, Lieutenant Tanzim Sarwar, became critically injured after being shot by a team of robbers. He became rushed to the Mixed Military Scientific institution (CMH) in Ramu, the build he later succumbed to his accidents.

The joint operation personnel managed to arrest six people of the theft gang, in conjunction with key suspects Ziabul and Belal. Numerous weapons receive been also recovered from the scene.

Confirming the incident, Chakaria police location officer-in-fee (OC) Mohammad Monjur Quader Bhuiyan talked about, “We purchased knowledge that a gang of 10-12 robbers armed with weapons had attacked the house of Rezaul Karim, a resident of East Maizpara in Dulahazara union. A joint personnel, led by Lt Tanzim, performed a raid on the positioning and tried to arrest the robbers while they receive been making ready for the theft.”

“The robbers, sensing the presence of regulation enforcement, tried to hover the scene. For the period of the lag, six of the robbers receive been caught. The personnel recovered a pickup truck, a bike, and a firearm from the robbers,” he added.

For the period of the raid, one amongst the armed robbers fired at Lt Tanzim, hitting him on the browand injuring him extra with a knife. He became straight away taken to CMH Ramu for medical treatment, the build he later handed away.

The body of the deceased officer became taken to Cox’s Bazar Same outdated Scientific institution morgue for put up-mortem round 10:30am.