Four jailed after raid at Pabna Mental Hospital

 
PABNA, Nov 1: The National Security Intelligence (NSI), in a raid at Pabna Mental Hospital, arrested four touts accused of diverting patients to private clinics and extorting money from them. A mobile court later sentenced each detainee to 10 days in prison.

The operation was carried out on Sunday morning with police assistance, based on information provided by and under the overall supervision of the NSI.

The arrestees are: Idris Ali, 25, son of Shahidul Mondol from Hemayetpur area; Zakir Hossain, 47, son of Toyeb Ali; Masud Rana, 45, son of Chand Ali; and Sujan Ali, 26, son of Abdul Barek from the Kismat Pratapur area of Pabna Sadar Upazila.

Deputy Director of the NSI’s Pabna office ABM Lutful Kabir said that after the arrestees were presented before a mobile court, Assistant Commissioner (Land) and executive magistrate S M Fuad sent them to jail.