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January
20, 2001
Satkhira, Jan 19 (UNB) – Police rescued 24 kidnapped Bawali (woodcutter) and fishermen from Balabari area of the Sundarbans after a fierce gunfight with the kidnappers Thursday.
Police today said three Bawalis and fishermen were injured as over 100 rounds of gunshots were traded during the two-hour gunfight on the bank of Malancha river.
The gunfight took place when police raided the area to rescue the kidnapped people and the pirates opened fire on them. At one stage the terrorists escaped to the deep forest releasing the abducted.
The injured, identified as Abdul Khaleq, 45, Bachha Khokon, 32 and Abdur Razzaq, 40, of Datoneykhali in Shaymnagar upazila were admitted to Shaymnagar Hospital.
The 24 Bawalis and fishermen were kidnapped from the Sundarbans on January 13 for Tk 10-lakh ransom.
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