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Home minister to visit Bandarban Saturday

TBP Online
05 Apr 2024 18:09:02 | Update: 05 Apr 2024 22:08:31
Home minister to visit Bandarban Saturday
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan — Courtesy Photo

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal will visit Bandarban on Saturday to inspect the overall situation there as law enforcers on Thursday rescued Sonali Bank's manager Nizam Uddin within 48 hours after abduction.

Talking to BSS, Senior Information Officer of the Home Ministry Sharif Mahmud Apu said the minister will go to Bandarban by a helicopter on Saturday morning, reports BSS.

He said the home minister will visit Ruma and Bandarban and talk with high ups of the law enforcement agencies and inspect the overall situation.

Besides, the government successfully rescued the bank manager in a safe condition without taking any risk, Director of the Legal and Media Wing of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) Commander Khandaker Al Moin confirmed the matter on Friday afternoon.

With sincere efforts by the RAB, Bangladesh army and police the bank manager was rescued but looted weapons and ammunition could not be recovered.

BGB Director General Major General Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman Siddiqui will accompany the home minister from Dhaka.

Nizam Uddin, the manager of Sonali Bank's Ruma branch in Bandarban was rescued around 7:15pm and he was taken to the local RAB camp in Bandarban, the RAB official said.

Earlier, a group of armed members of militant group Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF) attacked upazila parishad office and later they stormed Sonali Bank's Ruma Branch in Bandarban and abducted its Manager Nizam Uddin around 8:30pm on Tuesday.

They also looted firearms, cash from local banks, abducted Sonali Bank manager and assaulted ansars and police during their sudden attack.

 

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