UPDF man killed in gunfight

A member of the United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF) was killed in a gunfight with a patrol team of Bangladesh Army in Rangamati’s Baghaichhari upazila yesterday, ISPR said. The deceased, Sumon Chakma, was an accused in a case filed over the murder of Naniarchar upazila chairman Shaktiman Chakma. Acting on a tip-off, a patrol team from Rangamati’s Baghaihat army zone launched a drive in Dopata area to arrest criminals, the Inter Services Public Relation Directorate (ISPR) said in a press release.