Rajshahi 'Block Raid' ends empty

The ‘Block Raid’ of Rajshahi Police that caused quite a stir in the city today ended without a fruit.

“We did not find anything in particular in the drive. We carried out the raid based on information,” Amir Jafar, deputy commissioner of Rajshahi Metropolitan Police, said.

The raid was called off around 6:45pm, our local staff correspondent reports. It began this morning and the whole day police had sealed off a kilometre radius area at Tultulipara.

Detective Branch (DB), Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI), Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crime unit (CTTC) and Special Weapon and Tactic Team (SWAT) were engaged in the drive.

The law enforcers searched every house, Ifte Khair Alam, assistant commissioner of RMP. “The search began based on tenants’ information provided to the local police station.”