Chittagong: Four cases were filed in connection with the raid in a ‘militant hideout’ that left four suspected militants dead in Sitakunda upazila.

Nur Alam Mina, Superintendent of Chittagong Police, said four separate cases were filed with the Sitakunda police under Anti-Terrorism Act on Thursday night.

The four suspected militants who were killed during the drive in Premtala area and the couple who were arrested from Maddhyam Mahadebpur area were among the accused, he said.

Earlier, on Thursday, four suspected militants, including a female one and a six-year-old boy, were killed during a special raid by joint forces on a militant hideout at Premtala in Sitakunda upazila of Chittagong, ending an overnight standoff.

Two members of the Special Weapon and Tactics Team (SWAT) were also injured during the gunfight. They were taken to Combined Military Hospital, Chittagong.

The special team also rescued 20 people of several families, who got trapped in the house, during the drive.