Extortion Suspect Arrested by RAB in Fatikchhari
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested an extortionist during a raid conducted in the Binajhuri area of Lelang Union under Fatikchhari upazila of the district early today. The arrested individual Md. Mansur, 40, is the son of Abdus Sattar from the Maijbhandar Amtoli area under the jurisdiction of Fatikchhari Police Station, a RAB-7 press release confirmed. According to RAB, they received confidential information indicating that a group of extortionists was demanding money from various bamboo and wood-laden vehicles operating at night in the Maijbhandar Binajhuri More area of Lelang Union.
Being informed, an operation team of the RAB executed a raid at the specified location on Monday night. During this operation, the suspect person [Md Mansur] was apprehended while attempting to flee sensing the presence of RAB members. Meanwhile, one of his accomplices, identified as Ibrahim, managed to escape safely. A total of seven extortion tokens and Taka 1,750 in extorted money were recovered from the suspect Mansur and confiscated. The arrested was handed over to Fatikchhari Police Station for further legal proceedings.
