Two suspected robbers were killed in separate incidents of “gunfight” in Laxmipur and Rajshahi early yesterday.

A man is shot dead while snatching an accused from police custody in Savar’s Birulia, at the outskirts of capital Dhaka.

Should we take what police say at face value? The answer would hardly be in the affirmative anymore, especially after what has unfolded since Sunday's police briefing on a “shootout” victim they introduced as Sharif.