Fugitive mugger held over stabbing ADC in Karwan Bazar

The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police has arrested the fugitive mugger who stabbed an Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) of police in the capital's Karwan Bazar area.

According to a DB press release issued on Tuesday, the arrested suspect, Md. Ripon (30), was apprehended on Monday evening during a raid conducted by a team from the DB’s Tejgaon Division.

The incident occurred on the morning of August 12, around 9:40 AM, when a police sergeant on duty at Sonargaon Crossing noticed a man brandishing a knife. As the sergeant attempted to detain him, the suspect fled through the underpass beneath the Karwan Bazar metro rail station.

At that moment, ADC Md. Suman Reza, Additional Deputy Commissioner of the DMP Protection Division (Bangabhaban Security), was passing through the area. Upon witnessing the suspect flee, ADC Reza exited his vehicle and attempted to apprehend him. In response, the mugger attacked the officer with the knife, injuring the middle portion of his right hand, before escaping the scene.

A case was later filed at Tejgaon Police Station in connection with the incident.

DB sources confirmed that the arrested suspect, Ripon, has four previous cases filed against him at Tejgaon Police Station. Legal action against him is currently underway.