Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested two suspects on Tuesday in connection with the killing of CNG auto-rickshaw driver Pappu Sheikh, who was shot dead in a reported planned attack in the capital’s Jurain area on Monday evening.
The arrestees were identified as Md Yusuf Sardar, 45, and Md Uzzal alias Kanchi, 30. Yusuf was arrested from the Alambagh area of Jurain under Kadamtali Police Station and Kanchi was arrested from the Jurain Railway Gate area under Shyampur Police Station.
Police quoting witnesses said the incident took place around 6:30pm on Monday at Kana Jobbar’s Goli on Kabi Nazrul Lane under Kadamtali Police Station. Pappu Sheikh, 26, was allegedly targeted by members of a local criminal group known as the Bapparaj alias Bappa group, reportedly following a dispute over drug-related activities.
Police said Pappu had left his rented home in East Jurain to visit his in-laws when the attackers intercepted him. The group allegedly held him by force before Bapparaj alias Bappa fired three shots at him with a firearm. One bullet struck Pappu in the left side of his groin, causing him to collapse at the scene.
Local residents rushed the critically injured victim to local Ad-Din Hospital, from where he was referred to Dhaka Medical College Hospital. Doctors at DMCH declared him dead upon arrival.
Following a complaint filed by the victim’s father, police registered a case with Kadamtali Police Station. The investigation officer subsequently sought cooperation from RAB-10 to track down the suspects.
Acting on intelligence, a team from CPC-1, Jatrabari Camp of RAB-10, conducted operations in different parts of Jurain. The elite force arrested one of the named suspects, Md Yusuf Sardar, 45, from the Alambagh area of Jurain under Kadamtali Police Station around 11:15am on Tuesday.
About an hour later, around12:15pm, RAB members detained the second suspect, Md Uzzal alias Kanchi, 30, from the Jurain Railway Gate area under Shyampur Police Station, said Senior Assistant Superintendent of Police (Media) of RAB-10, Taposh Karmakar.
He also said that Yusuf Sardar has three previous cases, including under the Narcotics Control Act, while Uzzal alias Kanchi faces two narcotics-related cases.
Legal procedures against the arrested individuals are underway, the RAB media officer said.