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3 Benapole cops suspended, seized Tk 12 lakh Hundi money from a broker


Published : 18 Jun 2019 04:52 PM | Updated : 07 Sep 2020 05:33 PM

 Three constables, posted at Benapole immigration, have been withdrawn after they along with a local were reportedly detained by Border Security Force (BSF) of India with ‘Tk 12 lakh Hundi money’ at the no-man’s land on Monday.

Jashore Additional Superintendent of Police Salahuddin Shikder took the action against constables SK Azam, Ruma Bepary and Trisha Biswas.
Officer-in-charge of Benapole Immigration Police Station Abul Bashar said the three police constables entered India without passports for purchasing fruits.
While returning, Ruhul Amin, a prominent broker in Benapole along with them at the no-man’s land, he said.
At that time BSF men in Petrapole camp searched them and recovered Tk 12 lakh Hundi money from Ruhul Amin’s bag, the OC said.
The BSF members, however, handed over the three police constables to Bangladesh police immigration authority in the evening, he said, However BSF arrested Ruhul Amin with Hundi money. He under their custody.
Immigration police OC Abul Bashar added that three police constables were withdrawn and attached to the Jashore Police Lines at the order of Salahuddin Shikder, also acting Police super superintendent of Jashore police for illegally entering India.