Chhatra Dal Joint Secretary Monirul among Five Arrested in Mymensingh with 1,200 Yaba Tablets
District Detective Branch (DB) police have arrested South District Chhatra Dal joint general secretary Monirul Islam and four of his companions with 1,200 yaba tablets in Mymensingh city. The estimated market value of the recovered yaba is Tk 600,000. A case has been filed under the Narcotics Control Act over the incident.
They were arrested late on Thursday night from a ground-floor room of a two-storey house in the Seora Munshibari area of the city.
The arrestees are Shakir Hossain (25), son of Shafiqul of Trishal police station area; Zakirul Islam (32), son of the late Abdul Khalek of Madhya Barera area of the city; Sajib Mia (20), son of Abdul Sattar of Ghagra union; Monirul Islam (30), son of Ruhul Amin of the same area and joint general secretary of South District Chhatra Dal; and Utsab Singh Sagar (28), son of Sudhir Chandra Singh of Sarada Ghosh Road area of the city.
According to police and the case statement, acting on a tip-off, DB police learned that several drug dealers were preparing to buy and sell yaba in a ground-floor room of Ujjal Mia's house in the Seora Munshibari area. A DB team then raided the place.
When the five tried to flee on sensing the police presence, they were detained. The 1,200 yaba tablets were recovered after they were searched in the presence of witnesses.
District DB Sub-Inspector Md Ripon Uddin filed a case under the Narcotics Control Act at Kotwali Model Police Station as the complainant.
Mymensingh South District Chhatra Dal general secretary Rakib Hossain said he had heard about the arrest of joint general secretary Monirul Islam, and organisational action is being taken against him.
Mymensingh District Detective Branch Officer-in-Charge Md Mahbubul Haque said the arrestees have been produced before a court after completion of legal procedures, and such drives against drugs will continue.
