The New Nation - Internet Edition

UNB, Khulna

At least six forest bandits were killed in a gunfight between two rival gangs in Kalichar area under Khulna range of Sundarbnas on Saturday night.

Local sources said there had been a longstanding dispute between Motaleb group and Masud group over supremacy on the sprawling forest area.

The two groups, equipped with heavy lethal weapons, attacked each other at about 7pm, triggering a six-hour bloody clash, which left 6 bandits dead, including Motaleb, the chief of the Motaleb group. When contacted, Khulna range's assistant conservator of forests Rajib Chakma confirmed the jungle fight.

"We came to learn that two notorious bandit groups locked into a fierce clash into the deep forest, leaving dead 6/7 from both sides," Rajib told UNB.

He said that they set out for the spot, but it would take 6 to 7 hours to reach the backwoods haunts of the forest robbers.