BNP joint secretary arrested with huge weapons in Noakhali

Noakhali Correspondent

Joint forces have arrested Abu Bakkar Siddique Mizan Majhi (45), joint general secretary of Charbata Union BNP in Sabarnachar Upazila of Noakhali, along with a large quantity of weapons.

Today, Friday, August 8, Abu Bakkar Siddique Mizan Majhi was arrested by Coast Guard members from his home.

Char Jabbar Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Shahin Mia said, “The Coast Guard conducted the operation to arrest Mizan Majhi. When Mizan Majhi’s family members informed us about the matter at night, the police went there and spoke to Coast Guard officials and confirmed it.”

Coast Guard media officer Lt. Col. (BN) Md. Siam-ul-Haq said that the Coast Guard conducted a raid from early Friday morning to 2 pm on the basis of secret information that a large number of firearms and domestic weapons were stored in the fish shop of Abu Bakkar Siddique alias Mizan Dakat at Banglabazar Fish Ghat in Hatiyar, Noakhali.

The press release stated that according to the confession of Abu Bakkar Siddique alias Mizan, a search was conducted at Bismillah Fish Warehouse in Banglabazar, and 9 domestic firearms, 2 rounds of live cartridges, 1 round of blank cartridges, 3 domestic weapons, and 29 hand grenades were seized.

The press release stated that preparations are underway to take further legal action against detained BNP leader Mizan Dakat and all the seized evidence.

However, the family claims that after Mizan Majhi was taken away with his hands, feet and eyes tied, his house was vandalized and looted, and he was later framed in a weapons case.

The family said that around 2:30 am on Thursday, 30-35 people posing as Coast Guard officers entered the house and abducted Mizan Majhi. After that, efforts are being made to frame him for possession of weapons and bombs.

In this incident, local businessmen and locals formed a human chain and protested at Bhuiyan Hat Bazar on Friday afternoon demanding his release. The speakers called Mizan Majhi an honest businessman and social worker and called him ‘innocent’.