Suspected robber killed in

A suspected robber was killed in a shootout between his cohorts and RAB members in the Moddhya Madhupur area of Feni town early Friday. The lawmen identified the deceased as Nizamuddin alias Nizam Dacoit, 38, of Chhagalnaiya upazila of the district. RAB officials said he was wanted in 23 cases including four of murders. RAB members arrested Nizam at a house at Halishahar in Chittagong town on Wednesday. According to Nizam’s statement the elite force went to Modhya Madhupur for recovering hidden arms at about 3:30am. ‘As soon as the elite force reached the spot Nizam’s accomplices began shooting at them, forcing the law enforcers to fire back,’ says a RAB account of the encounter. At one stage while trying to flee Nizam was caught in the line of fire and died instantly. His accomplices, however, managed to flee the scene. The elite force recovered three light guns, one gun and six rounds of cartridge from the spot.