Chattogram police arrest gang leader after viral gun video
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Police arrested a man displaying weapon after a viral video caught their attention on Facebook.
Chattogram District Police confirmed the matter in a press release on Wednesday morning. The man is named Mohammad Hridoy Ahmed Shawon, alias Bullet.
Hridoy arranged seven pistols, recorded videos issuing various threats, and stored them on his mobile phone. Later, he went around committing various crimes, including extortion, by demonstrating that video.
Police identify Hridoy, a terrorist on their radar, as a “teen gang leader”. Additional Superintendent of Police of Chattogram, Mohammad Russel, said Hridoy fled to Kabirhat in Noakhali after the video went viral. The District Detective Branch (DB) police arrested him from there on Monday night.
An account named “Mamun Chairman’s Supporter Group” uploaded the video to Facebook on the night of 3 November. The caption identified the weapons as belonging to “Badsha’s son Hridoy” and drew the administration’s attention to bring him under the law quickly.
Raozan Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Mohammad Saiful Islam said, “Mamun Chairman does not mean he is an elected chairman. His name is Arafat Mamun. He is campaigning on Facebook to run for the chairman post from Bagowan Union Parishad number 14 in Raozan. He is involved in BNP politics. Hridoy and Mamun live in the same union.”
Police station cases exist against both individuals on charges of various crimes. Police arrested both of them after 5 August 2024. After securing bail, both maintained an alliance. About a month ago, Mamun assaulted Hridoy’s father, Badsha.
Following the assault, a dispute erupted between them. Badsha is also an accused in a murder case who previously served time in jail following his arrest, but remains out on bail. Police officers added that Arafat leaked Hridoy’s video on Facebook.
Officials from the District DB said during questioning following his arrest, Hridoy confessed that the displayed weapons belonged to Kamal of the Noapara area in Raozan. RAB arrested Kamal on 30 October and recovered several weapons from him at that time.
Hridoy admitted that he used the weapon video stored on his phone to intimidate targeted individuals, issue death threats, and demand extortion.
