An assistant sub-inspector of police (ASI) of Dhanmondi police station was detained for gambling along with 12 civilians in the capital’s Hazaribagh area early on Friday.
The ASI was identified as Mainul Islam and handed over to his reporting authority following the detainment. The remaining 12 gamblers were sentenced to varying jail terms. The incident was the latest proof of organised criminal groups running their businesses in the capital with the support of unscrupulous members of the law enforcement agencies.
Sources said, a team of Rapid Action Battalion led by Major Raqibul Islam made the arrests after raiding a gambling den in the early hours of Friday. The nature of their wagering, however, couldn’t be known. In this regard, Raqibul Islam said they had arrested those people while gambling from an apartment block and an unspecified amount of money was confiscated from them.
Later, a mobile court sentenced one of the 12 civilians to three months in jail and others 15 days each.
About the detained ASI, Inspector Ashok Chowhan, officer-in-charge of Dhanmondi police station, said the department would take disciplinary action against him.
