Rab arrests prime accused in Dhaka

Rab arrested on Tuesday the principal accused of the Digital Security Act case that was filed in Rajshahi after the arrest of Naogaon land office employee Sultana Jasmine.

Al Amin, 32, of Chandpur was arrested at the capital's Shahjahanpur, according to a press statement issued today by Farzana Haque, staff officer (media) of Rab-3, reports our Rajshahi correspondent.

Sultana, a union level land office employee, was detained on her way to office in Naogaon town by a patrol team of Rab-5 on March 22. She died in Rab custody at the Rajshahi Medical College Hospital two days later.

On March 23, when Sultana was fighting for her life at the RMCH, Enamul Haque, director of local government at the office of Rajshahi divisional commissioner filed the case with Rajpara Police Station in Rajshahi city.

In his case, Enamul accused Al Amin, Sultana and three other unnamed people of using his hacked Facebook to con people by offering them jobs.

Since filing of the case, Rab members had been keeping Al Amin under surveillance, the Rab-3 statement claimed.

On Tuesday afternoon, acting on a tip-off from Rab headquarters, a team of Rab-3 raided Shahjahanpur area and arrested him.

The statement claimed that Al Amin, during initial interrogation, admitted his involvement in a racket that used the name of Enamul to lure unemployed youths and conned them.