Shawdesh Desk: A suspected miscreant was killed in an alleged gunfight with police in Chattogram on early Thursday, hours after turning himself in.

The deceased was Mohammad Belal, 43, son of Abdul Quader of Cumilla’s Chandina upazila.

He was wanted in 13 criminal cases including murder, said the police.

Pranab Chowdhury, officer-in-charge of Khulshi police station, said that Belal surrendered to the police on Wednesday afternoon.

After interrogation, a team of police took him with them to recover firearms around 1:00am.

Belal’s associates opened fire on police as soon as the law enforcers reached the spot, triggering a skirmish, the OC said.

The man was caught in the line of fire and died on the spot.

A light gun, three bullets and four sharp weapons were recovered from the spot, the police officer added.