Khulna: Police have arrested a Union Parishad chairman along with a foreign-made pistol and a private car at the zero point area in the city last night. Acting on a tip-off, a team of Detective Branch of Khulna Metropolitan Police (KMP) conducted an operation at the zero point area and arrested Abu Zafar Siddiqi Razu, 45, Number-1 Haridhali UP chairman of Paikgachha upazila in Khulna, confirmed Officer-in-Charge (OC) of DB of KMP Taymur Islam.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, Razu, the son of late Rafique Uddin Sardar who was also a UP chairman of the same UP, had been under detective surveillance for several months. The police seized a foreign pistol and his personal private car during the arrest. Razu had been accused in various cases and had been absconding for a long time, Taymur Islam added.
Currently, Razu is being interrogated at the KMP headquarters to gather more information related to the ongoing investigations, Taymur further stated.