Jungle Salimpur: Road blocked with truck, culvert damaged to resist joint forces raid
Law enforcement agencies reportedly faced obstacles during a joint forces operation to capture criminal networks in the Jungle Salimpur area of Sitakunda, Chattogram, with roads blocked by trucks in some places and culverts demolished in others.
The drive, which began this morning (9 March), involved around 4,000 personnel, including members of the Bangladesh Army, police, Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB).
Additional DIG of Chattogram Range Police Nazmul Hasan told The Business Standard that after crossing the Chinnomul area, members of the joint forces found a truck placed across the road before entering Alinagar.
Keep updated, follow The Business Standard's Google news channel
The forces then removed the truck and proceeded further, but shortly afterwards discovered that a culvert on the road had been demolished.
They later filled the damaged section with bricks and sand, allowing their vehicles to enter Alinagar.
Police believe the barriers were mainly set up to prevent law enforcement personnel from entering Alinagar ahead of the operation.
According to the DIG, a large truck had been positioned across the main road leading to the area, while a nearby culvert was also broken so that law enforcement vehicles could not proceed.
Jungle Salimpur, located just west of Link Road and near the city's Bayezid Bostami area, has long been notorious as a sanctuary for armed groups involved in illegal land trading, hill cutting, and drug trafficking.
Locals say the area is dominated by two rival factions led by Mohammad Yasin and Rokon Uddin.
Yasin is the main accused in a case filed over the killing of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-7 Deputy Assistant Director (Naib Subedar) Motaleb Hossain Bhuiyan during an arms recovery operation in the area on 19 January.
Motaleb was killed and three others were critically injured when armed assailants launched a coordinated attack using sharp weapons and firearms.
A case was subsequently filed with Sitakunda Police Station against 29 named individuals, including the main accused Yasin, along with around 200 unidentified suspects.
