Juba Dal President Arrested with Firearms and Ammunition in Noakhali

Local Correspondent

In Chatkhil, Noakhali, joint forces conducted a raid and arrested a Juba Dal leader along with firearms, bullets, and cartridges.

On June 24, Tuesday afternoon, the accused was handed over to the Noakhali Chief Judicial Magistrate Court.

Earlier, in the early hours of the same day, he was arrested from his home in the southern part of Sater Dighi in Dharmapur village of the upazila.

The arrested individual, Zahidul Islam Rubel (38), is the president of the Ramnarayanpur Union Juba Dal in the upazila and the son of the late Hossain Chowdhury of the area.

Police reported that in the early hours of the morning, a joint operation by the army and police was conducted in the southern part of Sater Dighi in Dharmapur village of Ramnarayanpur Union. During the operation, a locally made pistol was recovered from the sunshade above the south-facing window of Rubel’s residence, which had a trigger and firing pin attached.

Additionally, seven rounds of 303 rifle bullets, seven rounds of 12-bore cartridges (rubber bullets), and an old iron-made chopper were recovered.

Advocate Abu Hanif, a member of the Noakhali District BNP convening committee and former president of Chatkhil Upazila BNP, claimed that Rubel is the current president of the Union Juba Dal. He is known in the area as a gentle and polite person. Someone conspired to plant the weapons in his house to frame him.

However, Chatkhil Police Station’s Officer-in-Charge (OC) Mohammad Firoz Ahmed Chowdhury said that during the operation, the accused himself surrendered the weapons and ammunition.

A case (No. 9) under the Arms Act has been filed against him at Chatkhil Police Station. Later, he was shown arrested in the case and handed over to the Noakhali Chief Judicial Magistrate Court, the OC added.