Four held with arms, ammo in Patuakhali
Rab arrested four men with two firearms, ammunition and yaba at a hotel in Patuakhali town yesterday in connection with an attack on a rape victim’s husband on Tuesday night.
The four -- Shakil Mridha, 27; Rabiul Bhuiyan, 25; Rabiul Hawlader, 35; and Saiful Islam, 25 -- are from Kalapara upazila, said Maj Khan Sajibul Islam, company commander of Rab-8 at a press conference in its Barishal headquarters.
A foreign-made pistol, a gun, 12 rounds of bullets and 390 yaba tablets were seized from the alleged attackers, he said.
Rab filed an arms and narcotics case against them with Mohipur Police Station, the Rab official added.
During interrogation, the arrested persons confessed to attacking the rape victim’s husband, said Maj Sajibul Islam.
The man’s brother filed a case with Mohipur Police Station on Wednesday, accusing eight persons of carrying out the attack, said Officer-in-Charge Sohel Ahmod.
“We are trying our best to arrest the other accused,” said Maj Sajibul Islam of Rab.
The rape victim’s husband is still undergoing treatment at Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital in Barishal, said his brother.
On Tuesday night, some 10 to 12 men, armed with iron rods and sticks, attacked him while he was having tea at a stall at Chapli Bazar in Kalapara area for what he said was refusing to withdraw a rape case.
On April 15, around 10 to 12 youths stormed into the man’s house in a village of the upazila and gang-raped his wife after tying him to a pole. The rapists had previous enmity with the family, according to the case document.
The next day, the man filed the case against 12 -- seven named and five unnamed -- with the Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal in Patuakhali.
The named accused were sent to jail after they had surrendered before the court. They, however, secured bail recently, said the family members of the victims.
JUBO LEAGUE MAN ARRESTED IN ANOTHER INCIDENT
Police arrested a Jubo League man with three sharp weapons in Londa bridge area of Kalapara upazila early yesterday.
Jakaria Pado, 40, is an activist of Jubo League’s Kalapara unit, said Jahirul Islam, sub-inspector of Kalapara Police Station.
He along with another youth was going to Kalapara from Chapli Bazar, said the SI, adding that the other managed to flee.
A court sent the arrestee to jail when he was produced before it, said the police officer.
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