Police authorities must unearth the truth behind questionable DB raid and arrests in 2016

Detectives detain ten alleged fake currency makers during drives at different areas in Dhaka.

We are horrified to learn that two members of the Detective Branch (DB) of police have sold off more than 700,000 seized yaba tablets and made a profit of Tk 8 crore! That the very custodians of the law are now increasingly engaged in criminal activities is a very ominous sign for law enforcement in the country. Such acts cannot be tolerated because the illegal yaba trade has been declared the number one problem in narcotics by the government! Reportedly, there are ongoing investigations into the matter.

Detectives claim to have arrested 11 fake members of Detective Branch (DB) of police in different areas of Chittagong.

Detectives claim arrest of four robbers in Dhaka and recover Tk 13 lakh from their possession.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) claims detention of five members of a kidnapping gang, who used to operate impersonating as detectives, from Gazipur Chowrasta.

An alleged robber is killed in a “gunfight” with police near Kushtia Medical College Hospital in Kushtia Sadar.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan says SP Babul Akter was taken to DB office for facilitating the interrogation of the suspects arrested in connection with the murder of his wife Mahmuda Khanam Mitu.

Detectives arrest eight alleged members of a robber gang in Matuail area of Jatrabari in Dhaka.

Civil society platform Nagorik Oikya demands proper treatment and release of their imprisoned leader Mahmudur Rahman Manna.

A Chittagong court directs Rapid Action Battalion to investigate the case filed in connection with the seizure of liquid cocaine found in a container carrying sunflower oil at Chittagong Port.

A Dhaka court places five more people on a six-day remand in a case filed for the murder of a police officer in the capital.

Shafiur Rahman Farabi, the lone arrestee in the blogger-writer Avijit Roy murder case, is placed in fresh remand for two more days.

A Dhaka court places 13 Jamaat-e-Islami leaders and activists including two former lawmakers on a three-day remand in a case filed over bomb recovery.

Detectives claim detention of 12 members of doping gangs including two ringleaders of such rackets from Dhaka.

Detectives allegedly pick up journalist Probir Sikdar, editor of an online news portal, from his Indira Road office in Dhaka.

Law enforcers claim arrest of eight leaders including a “key man” of banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB).

Law enforcers claim detention of seven kidnappers including two employees of a mobile banking firm and rescue one person from Dhaka.

Detectives detain six people in connection with fake notes trading and one suspected robber last night in separate areas of Dhaka.

Detectives press charges against seven people and dropped 26 BNP leaders and activists, including MK Anwar and Rizvi Ahmed, in a case filed for an arson attack that killed a policeman near Matsya Bhaban in Dhaka.