Several arrested for assaulting policeman in Patenga

Police arrested all involved in the incident of beating up an on-duty police Sub-Inspector (SI) Yusuf Ali at a checkpost on Patenga Outer Ring Road in Chittagong city on February 28, said a Home Ministry statement.

In this connection, the Home Ministry has warned everyone not to take the law into their own hands.

The government is determined to bring those involved in every mob incident to justice, the statement said.

On the day of the incident, the crowd immediately handed over two individuals involved in the policeman's assault.

After receiving information, a team of Patenga Police Station patrolled the beach area, and the locals rescued Sub-Inspector Yusuf Ali.

In an overnight raid on Saturday (March 1), police arrested 10 more people involved in the incident.

With them, 12 people were arrested in the incidents.

A case was filed under the Speedy Trial Act with Patenga Police Station in this connection.

The arrested persons are involved in creating panic in the Patenga Sea Beach area and snatching mobile phones, wallets and walkie-talkies from SI Yusuf Ali.

The assailants are also involved in the robbery, the statement added.