Bhuyapur (Tangail) Correspondent

Bhuyapur Police arrested Khaleda, a female trader who fled after leaving liquor in Bhuyapur, Tangail, on Wednesday night.

On Wednesday (January 22), at around 8:30 am, an autorickshaw carrying 30 liters (10 packets) of Bengali liquor was seized by the local people from in front of the Jame Mosque in Chituliapara village of the upazila, and the trader Anwar and his wife Khaleda immediately fled.

Police conducted a raid that night and arrested Khaleda from a place called Matikata in the upazila. Her husband Anwar Hossain is absconding.

Md. Yusuf of Chituliapara village, a villager, said that Anwar and his wife Khaleda, son of Korban Ali of the same village, had been secretly selling Bengali liquor for a long time. I have been following them for some time. This morning at around 8:30 am, I saw an auto rickshaw in front of the mosque. When I was suspicious, I challenged him. Then the rickshaw driver and liquor dealer Anwar and his wife Khaleda fled. Later, when the villagers gathered, a police team led by Bhuyapur Police Station SI Kamrul Hasan came and recovered the liquor. Earlier, the angry crowd burned the rickshaw. He also said that several others are involved in the liquor and ganja business.

Bhuyapur Police Station OC AKM Rezaul Karim said that on Wednesday, a liquor dealer dumped 30 liters (10 packets) of Bengali Cholai liquor in Chitulia Para village of the upazila and fled. At that time, upon receiving the information, the police immediately went to the spot and recovered the liquor. Later that night, we conducted a raid and arrested the businessman Khaleda from Matikata. Our raid will continue in this regard. The accused has been sent to Tangail Jail.