35 held including child rape case accused in special police drive in Sonargaon
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Sonargaon police in Narayanganj have arrested 35 people, including accused in drugs, dacoity, robbery and other cases, in a special drive. Fifteen yaba tablets were seized from one person during the drive. One of the arrestees is an accused in a case filed over allegations of child rape.
The drive was conducted in various areas of the upazila on Monday (12 October). On the instructions of district Superintendent of Police Md Habibur Rahman, the drive was led by Sonargaon Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Mohammad Abdul Barik.
According to police, 22 of the arrestees are drug users. Of the rest, six are accused named in arrest warrants; two each are accused in dacoity and robbery cases; and one each is accused in a drugs case, a case under the anti-discrimination law and a case filed over allegations of child rape.
Md Ali Hossain, 45, of East Sonmandi area in the upazila, was arrested in the drugs case; the 15 yaba tablets were found on him. The two arrested in the dacoity case are Abidul Hasan Miraz alias Abid, 24, and Ziam, 24, of Pirojpur and Chhoto Noagaon areas.
The two accused in the robbery case are Md Ramzan of Char Kachhopia area in Lalmohan upazila of Bhola and Shamim Sheikh, 39, of Godarbhajondi area in Muksudpur upazila of Gopalganj. And Md Ripon Mia, 59, of Ladhurchar area in Sonargaon, was arrested in the case under the anti-discrimination law.
Md Moshahidul Islam, 32, arrested in the case filed over allegations of child rape, hails from Baraiyl village in Chunarughat upazila of Habiganj. Police said he worked at a madrasa in Baradi, Sonargaon.
The six with arrest warrants against them are Md Moktar Hossain, 44, Md Taolad Hossain, 47, Md Liton, 43, Zakir, 55, Md Imran Hossain and Md Babu. Some of them are from Mograpara, Damdama, Nazirpur, Aminpur and Kanchpur areas.
Of the 22 arrested as drug users, some are from different areas of Sonargaon, while others are residents of Siddhirganj in Narayanganj and of other districts including Narsingdi, Bogura and Cumilla.
OC Mohammad Abdul Barik said the arrestees have been sent to court after legal action was taken in the cases concerned. According to him, such drives will continue to keep the law and order situation normal, bring drugs under control and curb crime.
