3 close aides to Mamun held
Staff Correspondent
Police arrested three close aides to Giasuddin Al Mamun, business partner of detained BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Tarique Rahman, with a pistol in the city's Gulshan area early yesterday. The arrestees are Obaidullah Khondaker alias Sohel, Kamruzzaman alias Kamrul and Monirul Islam alias Liton. Acting on a tip-off, police raided a house at Gulshan Avenue at around 3:15am and arrested them. They also seized a .22 bore pistol and eight bullets from their possession. Police sources said the arrestees under the patronage of Mamun were involved in collecting tolls from Gulshan and Kafrul areas. Cases were filed against Mamun and his three aides on charges of extortion with the police stations concerned, they added An arms case was filed against the three with Gulshan Police Station. Police yesterday produced the three in a Dhaka court that placed them on a three-day remand.
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