Police arrested six persons over the recent incidents of deaths by drinking tainted alcohol in the capital.
The arrestees – Monotosh Chandra Adhikari alias Akash 35, Redwan Ullah, Sagar Bepari, 27, Nasir Ahmed alias Ruhul, 48, Md Jahangir Alam, 45, and Syed
Al Amin, 30, were detained in separate raids conducted by Gulshan zonal team of detective branch (DB) of police in capital’s Tejgaon and Bhatara areas last night.
Total six people died in the capital in the last couple of days after drinking alcohol, creating a sensation across the country. Of the six, three died in Bhatara Police Station area, one in Cantonment Police Station area, and two died in areas under Mohammadpur Police Station, a DMP release said.
After conducting a shadow investigation over the deaths, DB arrested Monotosh, Redwan and Sagar at around 8.45pm from in front of Yantun Chinese Restaurant in Tejgaon on February 1. Based on the information gathered from these three, DB team raided a house in Khilbaritek area under Bhatara Police Station and busted a tainted alcohol making factory there.
Police arrested factory owner Nasir, manager Al Amin and technician Jahangir from there and recovered tainted foreign alcohol, empty bottles, bottle caps, stickers, spirit and colors used in making the tainted alcohol.
The arrestees in the primary interrogation confessed of making the tainted alcohol to make quick and hefty cash and supplying those to different retailers and wholesalers.
Police also confirmed that the five deaths occurred in Mohammadpur and Bhatara areas were indeed caused by the tainted alcohol made in this factory.
A case was filed in this regard with Bhatara Police Station.
(Source: BSS)