The Special Response Battalion-15 (SRB-15) has arrested four people within 12 hours of a shooting incident at Bot Toli Bazar in Palongkhali, Ukhia.
According to a press release issued by SRB-15 on Thursday (12 November), the incident occurred at around 3:45pm on 11 November when a clash broke out between two groups in the area.
Several people were seen firing guns while carrying locally made weapons, the statement said.
Acting on intelligence and after analysing photographs and video footage of the incident, an SRB-15 team conducted an operation in Bot Toli and Anjumanpara areas around 3:00am on Thursday.
Three suspects — Sakhawat Hossain alias Munna, 27, Arfat Hossain alias Jisan, 22, and Abu Taher, 35 — were arrested while allegedly attempting to flee through paddy fields and wetlands.
According to the statement, the three are sons of Abdus Salam of Ward No. 9 in Palongkhali.
In a separate joint operation with a Border Guard Bangladesh team from Palongkhali BOP under 64 BGB, SRB-15 arrested another suspect, Mizanur Rahman alias Mizan, 37. He is the son of Syed Nur of Ward No. 9 in Palongkhali.
The arrested men were handed over to Ukhia police station for legal action, the statement said.
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