He’s member of a skeleton smuggling ring: police
The man, who was arrested with a large cache of human skulls and bones during a raid at a house on Mymensingh city's RK Mission Road on Sunday, was sent to jail yesterday.
Acting on a tip-off, a police team led by Sub-inspector Md Rashidul Islam raided the area and arrested Mohammad Bappi (32) with 12 skulls and two sacks of bones, said Md Faruq Hossain, officer-in-charge (investigation) of Kotwali Police Station.
Police also seized two containers of liquid chemicals and three packets of powdered chemicals.
Law enforcers suspect Bappi is member of a skeleton theft and smuggling ring.
The members of the ring are scattered throughout the district and upazilas. They first dig out skeletons from graves, take those to a secluded place, deep in the forest or hilly areas, wash and clean those and then hand those over to other members.
The bones and skulls are then sold to students of medical universities or traffickers to smuggle to neighbouring countries.
Without elaborating further, police said the skeletons are sold at high prices.
In primary interrogation, Bappi of city's Koborkhana area, confessed that he collected the bones from different gangs involved in stealing bones and skulls from graveyards, the OC added.
He said they are conducting drives to arrest his accomplices. A case was lodged with the police station on Sunday night, the OC said.
Police said Bappi was produced before a Mymensingh court in the afternoon with a 10-day remand prayer, which sent him to jail without holding a hearing. The court may hold a hearing today, he added.
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