'Bangla Captain' held in Bagerhat

He used to collect illegal toll, said Bagerhat Police Superintendent Mahbub Alam.

"We are trying to arrest accomplices of the self styled Bangla Captain", he said.

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After arrest on Tuesday, he was produced before court, which sent him to Bagerhat district jail.

Several hundred people brought out a procession and thronged the joint forces' camp at Chitalmari upazila to see him.

Some sources said Alfaz Shaikh of Kafurpura union under Bagerhat Sadar thana was an informer of joint forces.