Kamal: None of the forest robbers, pirates, militants be spared

He also urged all the people who are involded in anti-state activities to surrender and lead a normal life.” The minister made the comment while addressing a surrender ceremony of 14 forest robbers on Barguna Circuit House premises in the morning. At the programmes, ringleader of forest robbers Sagar and his 13 cohorts have surrendered to Rapid Action Battalion along with a large amount of firearms and ammunition. The surrendered pirates are ringleader Alamgir Sheikh alias Sagar, Kamrul Fakir, Abdul Malek, Kader Sheikh, Hafizur Rahman, Kabir Sardar, Delwar Sheikh, Hasan Sardar, Nanna Fakir, Tauhidul Islam, Razu Sheikh, Litan Hawlader and Tariqul Gazi. They formally surrendered in presence of Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal and RAB Director General Benazir Ahmed at Barguna Circuit House premises on Thursday morning. Initially the pirates surrendered to RAB on October 19 during a raid in Sundarbans. They laid down their arms including- 20 foreign and locals guns and over 500 rounds of bullets. On September 8, fourteen robbers of two Sundarbans-based pirate gangs surrendered to law enforcers with arms and ammunition in presence of Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal at the headquarters of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Barisal city.