Four bullet-hit bodies were recovered from Sadar and Jhikargacha upazilas in Jessore early yesterday after what police claimed were two gunfights between rival groups.
The law enforcers, who gave almost similar versions of the incidents, said the dead were criminals, aged between 25 and 35. They could not confirm the identities of the four until last night.
The bodies were sent to the morgue of Jessore 250-bed hospital for autopsies.
Police also claimed to have recovered firearms and bullets from the scenes.
Ajmal Huda, officer-in-charge of Jessore Kotwali Police Station, said one of their teams conducted a raid following information about a gunfight in Nangorpur area on Jessore-Magura Highway in Sadar upazila around 3:20am.