City Reporter: After the fall of the Awami League government in the city, Mehdi Hasan Sagar (28) and Md. Mehdi Hasan Sagar (28) and Md. Shahadat Hossain were beaten to the beat of music by tying both hands to a steel pipe on the suspicion of being robbers. RAB 7 arrested two more people named Shanto (28).
The matter was confirmed by RAB-7 in a statement on Monday (October 7). According to the statement, Sagar was arrested from Dobarpar and Shanto from Jamtala area in a raid on Sunday on the basis of secret information.
The arrested Mehedi Hasan Sagar is the son of MS Dulal under Khulshi Police Station, and Md Shanto is the son of Noor Islame of Jamtal under Khulshi Police Station.
According to RAB sources, at one stage of surveillance, RAB-7 received information from secret sources that the fugitive accused involved in the incident, Mehedi Hasan Sagar, is staying in front of Garibullah Shah Mazar under Khulshi Police Station of Chittagong. On the basis of such news, Mehdi Hasan Sagar was able to arrest Garibullah Sahib from Dobarpar.
Later, according to the information given by him, the accused, Md. Shanto, identified in the viral video, was arrested from the Jamtala area under the Khulshi police station. Later, in the interrogation of the detained accused in front of the present witnesses, they admitted to being involved in the murder of the victim, Md. Shahadat Hossain.
On August 13, the accused Mehedi Hasan Sagar called the victim Shahadat Hossain on his mobile phone and later abducted him and demanded a ransom from the victim’s wife. Also, during the interrogation, the other arrested accused, Md. Shanto, admitted to being present at the spot.
According to RAB-7, they have been handed over to the Panchlaish police station of Chittagong city for further legal action regarding the arrested accused.
