19 arrested in Sadarghat police crackdown, daggers and a machete recovered

Police from Sadarghat police station have arrested 19 people, including accused in various cases, convicted persons and those named in arrest warrants, in a special operation. Among them are one person accused of preparing for robbery, one in an abduction and rape case, and one in a speedy trial act case. Police recovered two daggers and a machete during the operation.

They were arrested in separate operations by Sadarghat thana police from Saturday night (7 November) to Sunday morning (8 November).

Those arrested are Rahat Hossain (22), Nurul Huda Tasif (23), Md Selim, Kazi Mohammad Alimuzzaman, Md Kawsar (22), Md Arman (21), Nur Mohammad Samrat (20), Md Rifat (19), Md Mahim (20), Md Suman alias Shahjahan (36), Md Nur Nabi (26), Md Helal (25), Md Hridoy Hossain (19), Md Bancha Mia (35), Md Rafiq (36), Md Rakib (25), Md Parvez (25) and Md Rashed (19).

Mohammad Ekram Ullah, officer-in-charge of Sadarghat police station, said several police teams conducted separate operations to arrest the 19 people. Among those arrested are Md Selim, a convicted accused named in a court warrant, and Kazi Mohammad Alimuzzaman, accused in a cheque fraud case.

The OC said Rahat Hossain, a young man, was arrested while preparing for a robbery in a jungle on the western side of the boundary wall of Hotel Birati in the Shubhopur Mor area of Sadarghat police station. A folding-tip dagger was recovered from him.

Police recovered another dagger and a machete left behind by others who fled the scene. A case has been filed under sections 399 and 402 of the Penal Code in this connection.

The OC added that Nurul Huda Tasif, an accused named in the first information report of an abduction and rape case, was arrested from the Chambal area of Banshkhali, and Md Ramzan, accused in a speedy trial act case of Sadarghat police station, was also arrested.

Fourteen more people were arrested for roaming suspiciously at night in the Shubhopur rail bit and Kadamtali areas of Sadarghat police station.

Police said that among the 19 arrested, some are accused in various cases, some are convicted, and some are named in court warrants. Several police teams worked together in the special operation.

The recovered daggers and machete have been seized. Police said further legal action will be taken against those arrested in the relevant cases.