Six DB Officials, Including OC Placed on Remand

In a case filed for allegedly looting 20 gold bars worth Tk 12.4 million from a gold trader, six officers, including an OC (Officer in Charge) of the Feni district police detective branch, have been placed on remand on various terms.

Abdullah Khan, a senior judicial magistrate court judge in Feni, issued the order on Wednesday.

All of the suspects were apprehended on Tuesday night, according to Feni police superintendent Khandaker Nurunnabi. Only 15 of the looted bars were recovered.

Among the arrestees, DB OC Md Saiful Islam has been placed on a four-day remand and the rest for three days each. They are sub-inspectors Motahar Hossain, Nurul Haque and Mizanur Rahman and assistant sub- inspectors Ovijit Barua and Masud Rana.

Police source said gold trader Gopal Kanti Das was travelling to Dhaka with 20 gold bars on Sunday. At around 6:00pm, DB police barred his vehicle at Fatehpur railway overpass area in Feni and seized the gold bars after detaining him.

Later, the trader lodged a lawsuit with Feni sadar model police station in connection with the incident.