Jessore Correspondent :
Police in a drive arrested five people, including an insurance company official, from different parts of Jessore district for their suspected link to looting of 340 sacks of rice of basmati variety worth Tk11 lakh on Thursday night. The arrestees were identified as Quazi Abu Jafar, son of late Altaf Hossain of Daherpara village in Jessore Sadar upazila, Sukhjan, wife of Hafizur Rahman, Akbar Hossain, son of late Abdul Gafur of Bakchar in Jessore town, Abu Taleb, son of Nur Ali Gazi of Bejpara, and Jiaul Hossain, son of late Mofazzel Hossain of Uposhohor. Police said Alhaj Mansur Ahmed, a rice trader of Chapainawabganj, had sent a consignment of 340 sacks of basmati rice in a truck to an establishment in Shantala of Jessore on September 5. When the truck reached Barinagar in Jessore Sadar upazila, a group of people picked up the rice into another truck and drove away to an unknown direction. Later, owner of the rice filed a complaint with the police. Following the complaint, police conducted a drive in different parts of Jessore and arrested five people, including Abu Jafar, an official of Federal Insurance Company.
Police in a drive arrested five people, including an insurance company official, from different parts of Jessore district for their suspected link to looting of 340 sacks of rice of basmati variety worth Tk11 lakh on Thursday night. The arrestees were identified as Quazi Abu Jafar, son of late Altaf Hossain of Daherpara village in Jessore Sadar upazila, Sukhjan, wife of Hafizur Rahman, Akbar Hossain, son of late Abdul Gafur of Bakchar in Jessore town, Abu Taleb, son of Nur Ali Gazi of Bejpara, and Jiaul Hossain, son of late Mofazzel Hossain of Uposhohor. Police said Alhaj Mansur Ahmed, a rice trader of Chapainawabganj, had sent a consignment of 340 sacks of basmati rice in a truck to an establishment in Shantala of Jessore on September 5. When the truck reached Barinagar in Jessore Sadar upazila, a group of people picked up the rice into another truck and drove away to an unknown direction. Later, owner of the rice filed a complaint with the police. Following the complaint, police conducted a drive in different parts of Jessore and arrested five people, including Abu Jafar, an official of Federal Insurance Company.
