Teknaf, Nov 12 (V7N) – The Special Response Battalion-15 (SRB-15) has arrested three fugitives in separate operations in Teknaf, Cox’s Bazar, including two accused in a high-profile abduction case and one named suspect in the murder of army personnel Md. Titas Sheikh.
The arrests were made on Tuesday (November 10) in separate areas of Hnila Union through a joint operation involving the Bangladesh Army and SRB-15, as well as a separate operation by the battalion.
According to SRB-15 sources, a team from the battalion’s Teknaf camp raided Main Uddin Market at Rongikhali Bazar in Ward No. 7 of Hnila Union around 6:30 pm, acting on a tip-off.
During the raid, the team arrested two fugitives, Khalekuzzaman alias Khuilla, 28, and Nabi Hossain, 34. They are accused in a widely reported case involving the abduction of four people from Feni, who were held hostage in the remote hills of Teknaf for ransom. Both are residents of Jummapara in Rongikhali, Hnila Union.
In another operation at around 1:30 pm the same day, SRB-15 and Bangladesh Army personnel jointly arrested Md. Hossain alias Bakkainya, 20, in front of Zahir Ahmed Market at Muchni Bazar in Hnila.
He is listed as accused No. 18 in the case filed over the murder of army personnel Md. Titas Sheikh. Hossain is a resident of Block H of the Muchni Rohingya camp.
Assistant Superintendent of Police and Assistant Director (Media) of SRB-15 A. M. Faruk said the suspect in the Titas Sheikh murder case was arrested within just 24 hours of the case being filed.
He attributed the success to coordinated intelligence surveillance and joint operations by SRB-15 and the Bangladesh Army.
“Regardless of the tactics criminals use, they will not be able to evade the attention of law enforcement agencies,” he said, adding that operations against drugs, weapons, abduction, human trafficking, terrorism and other crimes would continue.
The three arrested individuals have been handed over to Teknaf Model Police Station for further legal action, the SRB-15 official said.
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