File photo of a Rohingya camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh Syed Zakir Hossain/Dhaka TribuneRAB claimed the man led a robbers' gangAn man has died at a Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar in what is being described as a gunfight by the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), who claim the victim was a robberThe deceased, identified as Karim alias Kalimullah, 32, was a resident of the Lambashia Rohingya refugee camp. Karim – leader of the Kalimullah group – was killed in a shootout with law enforcers in the Lambashia camp on early Monday, said Squadron Leader Tanvir Hasan, deputy commander of RAB-15, to Dhaka Tribune. The elite police unit said it recovered firearms and bullets from the scene of the shootout. Also Read - Rohingya robber killed in Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfight’“Acting on a tip-off, we raided the Kutupalong camp area early Monday. After the shootout ended, Kalimullah’s was found dead at the spot, according to the senior RAB officer.

Source: Dhaka Tribune July 19, 2021 08:22 UTC