Ruling party man held for snatching
A Swechchhasebok League leader was yesterday arrested at Patgram upazila headquarters on charge of snatching Tk 5.5 lakh from a cattle trader on Saturday.
The arrestee is Nazmul Huda alias Russel, 35, president of Swechchhasebok League Patgram upazila unit.
Police said Russel along with four others snatched Tk 5.5 lakh from cattle trader Abu Bakkar Siddique in Patgram upazila town at around 11:00am on Saturday.
Siddique, a resident of Dahagram enclave. filed a case against Russel and four others with Patgram Police Station the same day.
Police arrested the Swechchhasebok League leader at the upazila headquarters yesterday morning while the rest four--Rubel, Sujan, Shahin and Liton--have gone into hiding soon after filing of the case.
Contacted, the officer-in-charge of Patgram Police Station said they arrested the main accused in the case. Police are raiding different areas to arrest the four other accused, he added.
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