August 5: Protester arrested with looted weapons and bullets, involved in robbery

Local Correspondent

He already had a dozen cases filed against him for various crimes. In July, he joined an anti-government protest upon the call of a criminal group. Later, he used weapons looted from a police station to carry out robberies and other criminal activities in different parts of the city.

Mohammad Minhaj Uddin, alias Nurunnabi, alias Sagar (23), was arrested by police on Thursday night from the CDA Market area in Pahartali, Chattogram.

Later, a foreign revolver and six rounds of bullets were recovered during an operation conducted with him, confirmed Pahartali Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Babul Azad.

OC Azad said Sagar attempted to leave upon seeing the police at a checkpoint in the CDA Market area. At that time, he was detained as a suspect. During interrogation, he identified himself as a supporter of the anti-government protest in July.

The OC stated that during interrogation, Sagar confessed to possessing a foreign revolver. Subsequently, he was taken to the garbage dump behind the abandoned guardian passenger shelter of North Pahartali Government Primary School, where a foreign revolver and six rounds of bullets hidden there were recovered.

OC Babul Azad confirmed that the recovered weapon was a registered one, stating that it was public property stored at the police station before the protest. It was looted during the attack on the police station on August 5. During interrogation, Sagar admitted that he obtained the revolver from the protesters who looted the police station’s weapons.

Police stated that Sagar has at least a dozen cases filed against him in Pahartali, Akbar Shah, Double Mooring, and other police stations.

Using the weapon, he and his accomplices carried out robberies in various areas, including the toll road, according to OC Babul Azad.