Man killed in ‘gunfight’ in Kushtia

A suspected drug peddler was killed in a “gunfight” with police in Kushtia’s Sadar upazila early yesterday. The dead, Rafiqul Islam, 40, of Haripur village in the upazila, was accused in at least six drug related cases filed with Kushtia Model Police Station and Islamic University Police Station, said police. Nasir Uddin, officer-in-charge of Kushtia Model Police Station, claimed they raided Harora field on information that two groups of drug peddlers were holding a secret meeting there.