A farmer named Bayatullah was killed in the cross firing of RAB-dacoits in Varuakhali, Cox's Bazar.
The incident happened on Monday (April 29) in the evening of Cox's Bazar Sadar Upazila in Ward No. 9 Mura Para of Varuakhali Union.
It has been reported that Masud Chowdhury, an NGO worker of the private organization Tytashi, confessed to the kidnapping this afternoon. When RAB came to know about the matter, RAB conducted an operation in the hills of Ward No. 9 Mura Para of Varuakhali. Dacoits shot at RAB in that operation. At one point, an innocent farmer was shot and died.
Karimullah, the brother of the deceased Bayatullah, said that Farhad-Mostak, the gang chief of Shere Bahini, had caused the incident. They have established a reign of terror in our area. When they came to the market, they would order everyone to turn off the video camera of their mobile phones.
In this incident, NGO worker Masud Chowdhury was rescued by RAB in an unconscious condition. RAB sources said that dacoit Farhad was arrested.