Pallabi’s top terror Mamun arrested

Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s (DMPs) counter terrorism investigation department today arrested Md Mofijur Rahman Mamun, a top terror from capital’s Pallabi area, early on Monday.

Mamun, who was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in absentia, was arrested from Baitun Nur Jame Masjid area of Pallabi at round 6.40am today, a DMP press release said, reports BSS.

“Police had information about an anti-state criminal gang, which is plotting to destabilize the country through target killing and indiscriminate violence. This gang was trying to collect weapons from black market. Counter terrorism department started shadow investigation over the matter and conducted the raid and managed to detain this person acting on suspicion,” the release added.

After primary investigation and interrogation, police finally got to learn the arrestee is none other than Mamun, who has total 27 cases of extortion, murder, drugs, illegal weapons, and dacoiti and 15 arrest warrants against him. Of the cases, police till now has learned about two cases, in which he has been convicted in absentia.

According to the police sources, Mamun once had full control over the underworld of Mirpur and fled to India in 2004, after getting arrested in 2001 and thrown behind bars. He got arrested in India in 2008 for passport forgery and illegal entry and suffered 10-year jail sentence.

After coming out of jail, he became active in building his reign of terror by making close contacts with other top terrors like Ibrahim and Shahadat.