DHAKA, Dec 25, 2023 (BSS) - Two persons arrested on charges of uprooting the
railway tracks at Sreepur in Gazipur on December 13 have said that the
sabotage was plotted by Jubo Dal President Sultan Salauddin Tuku.

Additional Police Commissioner of DMP's Counterterrorism and Transnational
Crime (CTTC), M Asaduzzaman revealed the information in a press conference
organized by DMP Media and Public Relations Department this afternoon.

The detainees' are- former Chhatra Dal vice president and current Juba Dal
leader M Ekhtiar Rahman Kabir, 43 and President of Metropolitan Chhatra Dal
Imon Hossain, 19.

"During preliminary interrogation, they have confessed that Tuku contacted
Kabir and said that there was a pressure from the higher levels of the party
to carry out major destructive acts of sabotage. They were paid a large sum
for doing the job," he said.
 
"Tuku planned the sabotage to spread fear among people and disrupt the
railway movement knowing that commoners use rail as a safe mode of
transportation during the strike and blockades. His main intention was to
cause massive loss of life on the railways," the CTTC official added.

"To implement the plan, Kabir held a meeting with Toha, the former convener
of Azimuddin Government College Chhatra Dal of Gazipur and Masum, the
organizing secretary of Gazipur Mahanagar Chhatra Dal," he said.

The CCTC official also said that the arrested Kabir has admitted his
involvement with setting more than 10 buses on fire in various areas
including Jatrabari, Demra, New Market and Old Dhaka since October 28.

"Necessary legal proceeding against them in this regard is underway," he
said.

A 20-foot stretch of rail track was uprooted, leading to the derailment of
the Dhaka-bound Mohanganj Express in Gazipur on December 13, killing one
person and injuring several others.