Hridoy claims the guns shown in the video belonged to another man, but police say the firearms recovered from that man do not match those in the video.
‘Bullet Hridoy’ stands with Detective Branch (DB) personnel following his arrest. Photo: Courtesy
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‘Bullet Hridoy’ stands with Detective Branch (DB) personnel following his arrest. Photo: Courtesy
Police have arrested Chattogram’s Raozan-based alleged gang leader Mohammad Hridoy Ahmed Shawon, better known as “Bullet Hridoy,” after an old video showing him displaying firearms and threatening rivals went viral again last month.
The district Detective Branch (DB) arrested Hridoy from Noakhali’s Kabirhat Upazila on 9 November, reads a press release issued by the Chattogram District Police today (11 November).
According to the release, after the video resurfaced last month, police began tracing its source, who owned the weapons, and who was involved. They identified Hridoy as the man displaying the arms and conducted a raid with help from Noakhali police.
During interrogation, Hridoy claimed the weapons in the video belonged to Muhammad Kamal, 50, of Noapara in Raozan. Police, however, found no match between the arms recovered from Kamal and those shown in the video.
In preliminary interrogation, Hridoy said he had photographed and filmed firearms on his mobile phone and recorded threatening conversations as audio, the press release said.
It added that Hridoy then used the material to intimidate people, threaten to kill them and demand extortion.
Hridoy is the son of Badsha Mia of Bagoan Union in Raozan. Police said he leads a teen gang in the area and faces allegations of involvement in various crimes. Two cases, over robbery and preparation for dacoity, have been filed against him at Raozan Police Station.
Speaking to The Business Standard, Chattogram Superintendent of Police Masud Alam said police would seek a seven-day remand for Hridoy to investigate the source and whereabouts of the firearms.
If the court grants the remand, investigators will try to gather further information about the weapons, he added.
‘We will continue our drive against extortionists who intimidate people through photographs, videos and threatening messages, even without directly using firearms. We are also working to trace the source of the weapons used by Hridoy and arrest his associates,” the SP said.
Last month, a 21-second video first surfaced on social media, showing eight pistols arranged on a piece of cloth as Hridoy threatened rivals, saying, “Mend your ways. Stop extortion. Run while there is still time. I am Tufan.”
Police later clarified that the video was old, saying they had found it on Hridoy’s mobile phone when they detained him in December 2025.
The man Hridoy named
Mohammad Kamal, whom Hridoy named as the owner of the firearms shown in the video, is reportedly involved in local BNP politics. He is the son of former union parishad chairman Khayez Ahmed and is known in the area as a follower of BNP Central Vice-Chairman Giasuddin Quader Chowdhury.
On 30 October last year, RAB, now the Special Response Battalion (SRB), arrested Kamal with a large cache of arms. RAB sources had said that 11 guns, 27 locally made sharp weapons, eight cricket stumps and 15 cartridges were recovered from him. Cannabis and foreign liquor were also found at his house.
According to local sources, Kamal became active in BNP politics after 5 August 2024. Three cases over allegations of assault and extortion are pending against him.
SP Masud told TBS that police do not take offenders’ party positions into account.
The video
When the video first spread on social media, Mohammad Belayet Hossain, assistant superintendent of police of the Raozan-Rangunia circle, told TBS it predated December 2025. Police found it on Hridoy’s phone when they detained him that month and questioned him about it. No weapons were found with him then.
One of the seven weapons in the video resembled a Taurus pistol used by police, the ASP had said, but it was not confirmed whether it was a police weapon or how it reached Hridoy.
In the video, Hridoy is heard saying: “You haven’t seen the game yet. Mend your ways. Stop extortion. I have bought a ticket to death with money. Run while there is time. I am Tufan.”
Police then believed the video spread from various groups amid a dispute between the sides of Hridoy and Arafat Mamun. They could not confirm whom the threat was aimed at.
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