Hijacked cargo vessel seized at Muladi

Police said the cargo vessel-- Dildar Ali-5 -- had sailed from Faridpur on Friday for Mirkadim in Munshiganj with 195 bags rice and 235 bags of pulses.

At Vangar Danga on the Padma river, a gang of pirates took control of the vessel and forced the crews to leave it.

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They took the vessel to Muladi on Friday afternoon and anchored it near the Muladi primary school ghat.

Local people became suspicious seeing movement of the crew. In the early hours of Saturday, as the cargo attempted to leave the place, local people informed police.

SI Faruk and SI Siraj of Muladi thana, led by the UNO Muladi, raided the cargo, arrested one Fazlu Tarafder and seized the loaded vessel. Other crew fled away.

Police said Tarafdar, a criminal and wanted in many cases, told them that Mizan, Sabuj and some others of Gachhua area in Muladi engaged him to the hijack the cargo and take it to Khaserhat Bandar in Muladi.