Bogra: Two suspected robbers were killed in a reported gunfight with police at Panchpir in Kahalu upazila of Bogra early on Wednesday.

The deceased are Ibrahim Hossain, and Dulal Hossain.

The Kahalu police Officer-in-charge (OC) Nur-e-Alam Siddiqui said a police team, acting on a tip-off that a robber gang was preparing to commit robberies in the area, conducted a drive there around 2:00am.

Sensing the presence of the law enforcers, the robbers opened fire on the policemen forcing them to fire back that triggered a gunfight.

Ibrahim and Dulal were caught in the line of fire and died on the spot while other members of the gang managed to get away.

Police later recovered the bodies and sent those to Bogra Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital morgue.

The law enforcers also recovered one foreign pistol, one magazine, some sharp weapons and five bullets from the spot.