Noakhali Correspondent:
Terrorists took three policemen
hostage at Begumganj in Noakhali and abducted an accused under warrant.
The incident took place in front of Amila's house in Sultanpur village of ward
number 8 of Alaiyarpur union of the upazila on Tuesday. Police operations are
continuing to arrest those involved in the incident.
The kidnapped terrorist's name is Md. Shakeel (24). He is the son of Mohammad
Ali of Amila village of Sultanpur village in the same union and is the head of
the local Shakil army. He has several cases against him, including weapons,
murder cases, preparation for robbery and attempted murder.
According to eyewitnesses and local sources, three policemen including
Begumganj police station Sub-Inspector (SI) Abdul Motaleb and Constable Monir
conducted a raid in front of Amila's house in Sultanpur village of Alayarpur
Union Ward No. In the operation, the police chased the terrorist Shakeel from
the road in front of his house to arrest him. At one point he jumped and fell
into the canal. Later the policemen chased him and arrested him from the canal.
After arresting him, he pretends to put the shirt on. Later, his family and
members of the army came to give him the shirt, took the policemen hostage and
forced them to remove the handcuffs from his hands at gunpoint.
It is known that at that time, SI Motaleb called the local chairman and sent Chowkidar
to ask for help, he sent two people including Chowkidar Anwar to the spot. The
police were forced to open the handcuffs and release the accused at the hands
of the terrorists. At that time, the terrorists beat up the police along with
the local chaukidar. When the terrorists tried to shoot the police source at
the spot, he ran away.
When asked about this, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Begumganj Police Station, Md.
Anwarul Islam denied the allegations and said that when the accused was
arrested, he jumped and ran away. There was no incident of taking the police hostage;
if the police were taken hostage they would have been handcuffed. This senior
police officer also commented that there may be multiple cases against Shakil.
