Accused killed in Rab 'encounter'

Baby, 38, was arrested on Monday evening at Jugnipasha village under Phultala upazila of Khulna district.

Two Rab men sustained bullet injury during the 15-minute encounter, a Rab press release said, adding that a pipe gun, a six-shooter gun, five bullets and two shells of used bullets were seized from the spot.

Baby, who had been absconding for long, was one of the three charge-sheeted accused in the murder case of Shaikh Harun-or-Rashid, a reporter of the Dainik Purbanchal, who was gunned down on March 2 in 2002 at Mujgunni in Khalishpur under Khulna city.

The slain outlaw was also wanted in 15 criminal cases including those for murders and extortion recorded with Daula-tpur Police Station since 1992.

The judge of Khulna Divi-sional Special Trial Tribunal acquitted the three accused in journalist Harun murder case on February 7 this year.