Three arrested over attack on traffic police in Jatrabari
RAB said on the morning of 3 May at around 7:30am, traffic police on duty at Janapad intersection in Jatrabari signalled a helmetless motorcyclist and a private car to stop. However, the driver of the private car became agitated and attempted to run over a police constable
Three individuals have been arrested by the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a case filed over an attack on on-duty traffic police in Dhaka's Jatrabari area recently.
The arrestees - Abir Hasan Majumder (30), Md Sajib (31), and Babul Hasan (42)- were apprehended during a raid in the Swamibagh area of Gendaria around 9:00pm yesterday (22 May), reads a RAB-10 press statement.
Of the three, one is a resident of Swamibagh, one of Doyaganj and one of Gendaria.
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"The arrestees have been handed over to the Jatrabari Police Station for legal proceedings," RAB said.
Regarding the reported attack on traffic police, RAB said on the morning of 3 May at around 7:30am, traffic police on duty at Janapad intersection in Jatrabari signalled a helmetless motorcyclist and a private car to stop.
However, the driver of the private car became agitated and attempted to run over a police constable. The constable narrowly escaped injury.
Subsequently, the motorcyclist and car occupants verbally abused the officers, confiscated their mobile phones, and physically assaulted them, RAB also said, adding that several police personnel were injured in the incident.
Following the attack, Traffic Sergeant M. Aminul Islam filed a case at Jatrabari Police Station.
