Two pirates, including the leader of a pirate gang in the south, fled from the custody of Noakhali police Monday.
Earlier on Sunday, police arrested pirate leader Imran and his associate Jasim from Bayezid Bostami in Chittagong, from where they were sent to the Sudharam police station in Maijdee.
The police said both men complained of stomach aches at night, so early Monday station officer-in-charge Jahidul Islam Roni sent them to Noakhali General Hospital with the two constables on a CNG-run auto rickshaw. On the way to the hospital, they pushed the two constables out of the vehicle and fled.
Noakhali Police Superintendent (SI) Md Anisur Rahman “closed” the two constables who accompanied Imran and Jasim in connection with their escape. He has given the OC a 12-hour ultimatum to re-arrest them.
The sub-inspector said necessary actions had been taken against the police personnel.
