UNB, Cox’s Bazar :
Seven members of Detective Branch of district police, who were arrested by army personnel along with ransom money over the kidnapping of a businessman in Teknaf upazila, were sent to jail on Thursday.
Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Mosharaf Hossain sent
them to jail in a case filed by the victim, M Gafur Alam, said Cox’s Bazar court inspector Kazi M Didarul Alam.
The detectives are sub-inspectors Maniruzzaman and Abul Kalam Azad, assistant sub-inspectors Firoz Ahmed, Mostafa Kamal and Alauddin, and constables Al Amin and Mostafa Azam.
The district police suspended the seven DB men on Wednesday in connection with the incident.
A team of army personnel arrested the seven DB men along with a bag containing Tk 17 lakh, which was realised from the family of Gafur for his release, from Marine Drive area in Teknaf upazila around 4:30am on Wednesday, said Major Nazim Ahmed, in-charge of Rohingya relief centre in Teknaf.
When the army men were heading towards the army check-post in a vehicle with the accused, Maniruzzaman jumped out the vehicle and managed to flee. However, he surrendered to the police super in the afternoon.
On Tuesday, the DB men picked Gafur, a businessman, up from a restaurant along the Teknaf border and took him to the DB office, said Gafur’s brother Maniruzzaman, a councillor of Teknaf municipality.
Later, they took Gafur to his residence and demanded Tk 50 lakh for his release, said Maniruzzaman.
Through negotiations, the DB men released Gafur after taking Tk 17 lakh from his family members, he claimed.
Later, the victim’s family informed the matter to the temporary check-post of army and the army men arrested the DB officials along with the money after a chase.
Seven members of Detective Branch of district police, who were arrested by army personnel along with ransom money over the kidnapping of a businessman in Teknaf upazila, were sent to jail on Thursday.
Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Mosharaf Hossain sent
them to jail in a case filed by the victim, M Gafur Alam, said Cox’s Bazar court inspector Kazi M Didarul Alam.
The detectives are sub-inspectors Maniruzzaman and Abul Kalam Azad, assistant sub-inspectors Firoz Ahmed, Mostafa Kamal and Alauddin, and constables Al Amin and Mostafa Azam.
The district police suspended the seven DB men on Wednesday in connection with the incident.
A team of army personnel arrested the seven DB men along with a bag containing Tk 17 lakh, which was realised from the family of Gafur for his release, from Marine Drive area in Teknaf upazila around 4:30am on Wednesday, said Major Nazim Ahmed, in-charge of Rohingya relief centre in Teknaf.
When the army men were heading towards the army check-post in a vehicle with the accused, Maniruzzaman jumped out the vehicle and managed to flee. However, he surrendered to the police super in the afternoon.
On Tuesday, the DB men picked Gafur, a businessman, up from a restaurant along the Teknaf border and took him to the DB office, said Gafur’s brother Maniruzzaman, a councillor of Teknaf municipality.
Later, they took Gafur to his residence and demanded Tk 50 lakh for his release, said Maniruzzaman.
Through negotiations, the DB men released Gafur after taking Tk 17 lakh from his family members, he claimed.
Later, the victim’s family informed the matter to the temporary check-post of army and the army men arrested the DB officials along with the money after a chase.
