A suspected drug peddler has been killed in Cox’s Bazar in what the RAB describe it as a shootout.
The incident was reported in the early hours of Friday from district’s Teknaf upazila, said police.
The victim has been identified as Azizul Haque, 40.
Quoting RAB statement, Teknaf Police OC Ranjit Kumar Borua said, “Acting on a tip-off, RAB set up a check post in front of Upazila’s Palli Bidyut Office. Azizul was coming towards Cox’s Bazar when RAB members challenged him. Azizul opened fire at RAB which triggered the shootout. Injured Azizul was sent to a hospital where the doctors declared him dead.
“65000 pieces of yaba pills, a pistol and some bullets were seized with him,” OC Borua added.
The body has been handed over to Teknaf police on Friday morning and will be sent to Cox’s Bazar Sadar Hospital for autopsy.