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A man shot dead by police at Mirpur in Kushtia

According to the witnesses, in the afternoon on April 18, Abbas (40) was picked up from Alamdanga by the police of the Uslampur Police Camp under the Alamdanga Police Station. Abbas’s family alleged that he was shot and killed by the police from the Mirpur Police Station of Kushtia district at night on the same day. Alamdanga Police Station stated that they were not aware of the arrest of Abbas. On the other hand, the Mirpur Police Station stated that Abbas was a member of criminal gang and was killed in crossfire during a gunfight between the police and the miscreants.

Kushtia-Man dead police Mirpur-Extra judicial killing Eng-2008 (full text in English, PDF)

Kushtia-Man dead police Mirpur-Extra judicial killing Bang-2008 (full text in Bangla, PDF)

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