A person, who was accused in several murder cases, was killed in a ‘gunfight’ between his cohorts and police at Shatirchar village at Bajitpur upazila Headquarters in Kishoreganj on early Thursday.

The deceased is as Fadur Ali, 35, who had five separate murder cases against him.

Bajitpur Police Station Officer-in-charge Makbul Hossain Molla said a team of police arrested Fadur Ali from Belabo in Narsingdi district on Wednesday afternoon, reports UNB.

Later, police along with Fadur Ali launched a drive at Shatirchar village to recover firearms at about 3:00am.

Sensing presence of the law enforcers, Fadur Ali’s associates opened fire towards police prompting them to retaliate, triggering a gunfight.

At one stage, Fadur Ali was caught in the line of fire and died on the spot.

Three police officers — Sub-inspector Aminul Islam and constables Shakhawat Hossain and Rupom — were injured in the incident and they were admitted to Sadar hospital.

Police also recovered four firearms and nine rounds of bullets from the scene.