A man named Supayan Marma, 50, has been detained with a locally made firearm and cartridges in a Bangladesh Army drive in Ramgarh, Khagrachhari. He is said to be an extortion collector for the Prosit faction of the United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF), a regional organisation in the Chittagong Hill Tracts.
He was detained in the Premtala area of the upazila at around 10:15am on Wednesday (November 4).
Supayan Marma is the son of the late Redachai Marma of Moromchhari village in Lakshmichhari upazila.
The army said a patrol led by Lieutenant Colonel Kazi Nehat Faisal, commander of the Sindhukchhari zone of 20 Field Regiment Artillery, detained Supayan Marma in a drive in the remote Premtala area of Ramgarh. An extortion collection book, Tk 1,319 in cash, two mobile phones, a locally made gun (LG) and two live cartridges were seized from him. A team from Ramgarh police station then went to the spot and took him to the police station.
Ramgarh police station officer-in-charge (OC) Mohammad Nazir Alam said the process of filing a case against the detained man is under way, and he will be produced in court once legal procedures are complete.
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