Cox’s Bazar
Correspondent: Dhaka, Aug-05,
A group of local
residents allegedly thrashed a posse of policemen and forcibly freed a wanted
criminal from the latter's custody in Habirpara village of Teknaf upazila on
Wednesday.
Acting
officer-in-charge of Teknaf Model Police Station, Mohammad Hafizur Rahman said
that the policemen had managed to nab Habibur Rahman Habib alias Magu, wanted
in six criminal cases, in the village around 2 pm.
But as the police team
was about to leave the village with the accused, his family
and a local UP member
Moulvi Syedul Islam surrounded the vehicle of the cops, attacked them with iron
rods and hurled brick chips, and took Habib away.
Three policemen were
injured in the attack. On information, another police team rushed to the spot
and took the injured cops to Teknaf Upazila Health Complex.
"We are trying to
arrest Habib. However, the UP member has already been arrested in this
connection. We are going to book him under stringent sections," the OC
said.
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