Desk Report: The army has arrested five people on charges of extortion at a private clinic in the capital’s Mohammadpur area. They were arrested from the Bashila Housing City area on Sunday night and taken to Mohammadpur Police Station. The arrested are Saiful Islam Rabbi (28), Hasibur Rahman Farhad (31), Abdur Rahman Manik (37), Abu Sufian (29) and Md. Shahin (38). Mohammadpur Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Kazi Rafiq confirmed their arrest to Fast Bangla this Monday morning. Rabbi was earlier arrested in the Dhanmondi area on charges of creating a…
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Criminals will not be spared in any way: Supradeep Chakma
Desk Report: Chittagong Hill Tracts Advisor Supradeep Chakma said that criminals will not be spared in any way. Legal action will be taken against rapists, women torturers, armed men and extortionists. He said these things at a view-sharing meeting organized at the Khagrachari District Commissioner’s conference room on Sunday. Supradeep Chakma said that the administration and public representatives must take effective measures so that no communal conflict arises in the Chittagong Hill Tracts in the future. The real culprits must be brought under the law. Supradeep Chakma said, ‘The safety…
Read More57 percent new faces in extortion
Desk Report: More than 57 percent of those arrested recently on charges of extortion and illegal occupation are new faces. That is, more than half of the people caught by the police had no previous charges of such crimes. This information was obtained from the police authorities. The police have identified 6 reasons behind the involvement in extortion and illegal occupation, including the tendency of dishonest new people to take advantage of the vacuum and instability created by the fall of the Awami League government. According to the police headquarters,…
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