Forty-Nine Charged After Poisoning of Police Water Supply in Sitakunda
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Authorities in Sitakunda have filed a criminal case against 49 individuals following an incident in which three police officers fell ill after consuming water from an on-site storage tank at the Alinagar temporary police camp in Jungle Salimpur. The complaint, filed by police at the Sitakunda police station on Monday, identifies 34 suspects by name, including Yasin, the alleged leader of a local criminal syndicate known as the “Yasin Bahini,” while leaving the remaining 15 suspects unidentified.
The incident occurred on Sunday morning when constables Main Uddin Bhuiyan, Yasir Arafat, and Sajjad Hossain noticed a strange white foam in their water glasses. Despite the observation, the officers ingested some of the water, later reporting a foul odor before symptoms of illness emerged. They were subsequently transported to Chittagong Medical College Hospital, where they have since been declared out of danger.
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Sitakunda Police Station Officer-in-Charge Mohammad Mohinul Islam stated that investigators suspect a criminal element deliberately introduced a toxic substance into the camp’s water supply via a pipeline connected to a neighboring property. Authorities have since discarded the remaining water and sanitized the tank, and samples have been sent to a laboratory for forensic analysis to determine the nature of the substance.
Jungle Salimpur has long been a focal point for security concerns, characterized by its sprawling 3,100 acres of government-owned land that had been under the influence of land-grabbing syndicates for years. Despite previous efforts to reclaim the area, law enforcement agencies faced repeated resistance and attacks. On March 9, a massive joint operation involving the military, Rapid Action Battalion, police, and Border Guard Bangladesh finally established control over the mountainous region. Police have confirmed that an investigation into this latest security breach is underway.
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