Rab seizes arms from Shibir cadre's house
Hands him over to police
Staff Correspondent, Ctg
Notorious Islami Chhatra Shibir cadre Akhtar Hamid, who was arrested by Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Dhaka on Monday, has been handed over to Maheshkhali police after the Rab seized firearms from his village home. The elite force arrested Hamid, 38, accused in as many as 29 criminal cases, at Kakrail in the capital and brought him to Chittagong for interrogation. Following his confessional statement, the Rab men raided his village home at Keruntali in Maheshkhali and seized five guns, 10 rifle bullets, six cartridges and two daggers. A Rab-7 press release yesterday said he was handed over to Maheshkhali Police Station. They filed a case against him under the Arms Act, Rab sources said. Hamid, son of former UP Chairman Abdul Mabud of Hoakong, is known in Cox's Bazar as a godfather of criminals. He was involved in various crimes including murder, extortion and abduction, police said. Sources at Cox's Bazar said Hamid possessed at least four AK47 rifles. He was arrested on several occasions in the past but freed on bail. His brother Enam is now in jail after police arrested him with firearms recently.
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