Youth arrested for intimidating with firearm in Bhatara

A youth has been arrested by the Gulshan Division of the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in connection with a widely discussed incident of public intimidation with a firearm in the capital's Bhatara. The arrested was identified as Alinur Pavel, also known as Pavel, 32, said a DMP media release on Friday.

Acting on a tip-off, a team of DB in a drive apprehended him on Thursday night around 10:30pm from the Kuril Bishwa Road area.

Police said following previous enmity, a group of 10-12 individuals, including Alinur Pavel, allegedly drove to the residence of Md. Rasheduzzaman Raju at Joar Sahara Kha Para under Bhatara Police Station at approximately 1:56am on April 1. They hurled profanities, fired two rounds of blank shots, kicked the house gate, and vandalized CCTV cameras.

As local residents approached the scene, the attackers fled threatening to kill him.  A case was filed at Bhatara Police Station in this connection.
During the investigation, DB-Gulshan reviewed CCTV footage from around the house and used intelligence sources to identify the culprits.