4 arrested over attack on Joydebpur railway police outpost

Four people have been arrested over an attack on the Joydebpur Railway Police Outpost in Gazipur.

The Special Response Battalion (SRB-1) arrested them during a drive in the Purba Chandana area under Gazipur Metropolitan Police’s Sadar Police Station on Sunday.

The arrestees are Akash Hossain, 23, Md Rajib, 23, Md Nazmul Hossain Nadim and Shiuli Akter Sumi, 35.

According to an SRB-1 press release, a team from its CPSCS Gazipur unit conducted the operation with assistance from the battalion headquarters’ intelligence wing.

On October 15, railway police detained Anich, 19, and Shimla Akter alias Brishti, 22, with yaba from the southern end of a platform at Joydebpur Railway Station at around 5:45pm.

A group of people allegedly launched a sudden attack on the Joydebpur Railway Police Outpost in an attempt to free the detainees.

On October 16, Assistant Town Sub-Inspector Md Nurul Islam filed a case with Dhaka Railway Police Station under Sections 143, 147, 149, 186, 225, 307, 333, 353 and 427 of the Penal Code.

Following the incident, the accused allegedly went into hiding in different locations. SRB-1 launched an investigation and arrested the four based on confidential information from a road beside a graveyard in Ward No. 27 of Purba Chandana.

The arrestees have been handed over to Sadar Police Station of Gazipur Metropolitan Police for further legal action.