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Two suspected drug dealers were killed in separate 'gunfights' in Dhaka and Munshiganj on Tuesday.
The reported gunfight in the capital took place between Rapid Action Battalion RAB-1 members and the suspected drug dealer at Dumni in 300-feet area.
The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.
RAB seized a huge amount of yaba pills, a foreign pistol, and bullets from the spot, says a news agency report.
In Munshiganj, an alleged drug trader was killed in a so-called gunfight in Ramsingh area in sadar upazila on Monday midnight.
The deceased has been identified as Md Sujon Miah, 36, son of Md Mosharraf Hossain of Gobindanagar.
RAB-11 police super Enayet Mannan said, the elite force raided the area acting on a tip off when Sujon and his cohorts fired at the law enforcers, leading to a gunfight.
Later, RAB took bullet-hit Sujon to Munshiganj General Hospital where the doctor declared him dead.
RAB seized a pistol, five rounds of bullets, 1,000 yaba pills, and Tk 1,500 from the spot.
Deceased Sujon was accused in 11 drugs-related cases, the RAB sources said.