Sub-Inspector’s lost pistol recovered in Gazipur

Police have recovered a pistol, along with a magazine containing a round of ammunition that had gone missing from Sub-Inspector (SI) Parvez Mallick of the Bason Police Station in Gazipur during an anti-narcotics operation.

The weapon was recovered around 3:00 AM on Thursday (November 5) from an abandoned plot in the Barbaika Muchipara area, under the jurisdiction of the Bason Police Station. This was confirmed by the Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Bason Police Station, Md. Harun-or-Rashid.

According to police sources, on the afternoon of Saturday (October 31), while on duty, SI Parvez Mallick conducted an operation near the 'Unishe Tower' (Also known as Tower 19) along the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway, where he apprehended two individuals in possession of alcohol. A scuffle ensued while the detainees were being placed into a vehicle; SI Mallick stated that he had his service pistol with him at that time.

SI Mallick reported that upon returning to the police station with the detainees, he realized his pistol was missing. He was unable to determine exactly how or where the weapon had been lost. A General Diary (GD) was filed at the police station regarding the incident.

OC Harun-or-Rashid stated that, acting on a tip-off, police conducted a search around midnight on Thursday at an abandoned, vacant plot located to the west of a four-story building owned by Professor Md. Sirajul Islam, on T&T Road in Barbaika Muchipara. The missing pistol was recovered from the site, along with a magazine containing one round of ammunition.

The OC added that the police have successfully recovered the lost weapon.

-    RS/NS