The Special Rapid Battalion (SRB) has launched a crackdown on members of the notorious “Four Star” gang operating in the capital’s Pallabi and Rupnagar areas, arresting eight of its members.
Speaking on Wednesday, SRB-4 Commander Lieutenant Colonel Hafizur Rahman said the eight were arrested during separate raids in Pallabi’s Ceramics and No12 Jhilpara areas on Tuesday night.
Seven of the arrestees are members of the Mashiur-Mamun faction of the “Four Star” gang, while another belongs to the Moktar faction.
The arrestees were identified as Jewel Rana, 26, Saimon, 20, Ramzan, 22, Bijoy, 23, Fazle Rabbi Chiku, 23, Afsar Hossain Jim, 19, Jahangir Hossain and Mission Islam alias Minhajul Islam.
SRB personnel recovered a foreign-made pistol, one round of live ammunition, yaba tablets and locally made weapons from their possession.
According to SRB, Afsar and his associate Saimon were arrested from a house in Pallabi. A foreign-made pistol and one round of live ammunition were recovered from them.
Jim is described by SRB as an emerging shooter for the Mashiur-Mamun faction. He is accused of involvement in land grabbing, confining people in hotel rooms for blackmail and extorting money from various establishments.
Saimon is also accused of supplying firearms and involvement in shooting incidents.