2 arrested in Ctg over Teknaf double murder linked to yaba dispute

The Special Response Battalion (SRB) has arrested two accused persons in Chattogram city in a case over the murder of two men in Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf in a dispute over a yaba consignment.

Mizanur Rahman, 27, and Abdul Monaf, 27, accused No 2 and No 4, respectively, in the case, were arrested in separate raids in the West Faridapara area under Chandgaon Police Station on Monday (9 November), SRB-7 confirmed in a press release issued this morning (11 November).

On 4 November, police recovered the bodies of Md Moktar Kamal and Md Akbar from two separate hilly areas in Hnila union of Teknaf.

Following the incident, the victims’ families filed a murder case at Teknaf Police Station, naming 11 individuals and accusing eight to 10 others unidentified. 

According to local sources and a survivor’s account, the dispute began over the disappearance of 30,000 yaba tablets from a stolen consignment of one lakh tablets.

Mizan, an accused in the case, allegedly handed over four people to an armed drug trafficking group operating in the hills of Hnila on the night of 3 November.

The group later took them to the hills and tortured them, leaving Moktar dead. Akbar, who had gone missing, was also later found dead.

Locals rescued two other injured victims. One of them, Ilias, later told residents about the torture and the dispute over the yaba consignment.

Mohammad Ali, acting chairman of Hnila Union Parishad, also said he has learnt that the killings stemmed from a dispute over yaba.

According to the SRB press release, acting on a tip-off, SRB-7 learnt that several suspects in the killings were staying in Chattogram city’s Chandgaon area.

A joint team of SRB-7 and SRB-15 conducted a drive in West Faridapara and arrested Mizanur at 5:25pm on Monday. Abdul Monaf was arrested in a separate drive in the same area some 10 minutes later.

The two were handed over to Chandgaon police for further legal action, the press release said.