DHAKA, Sept 13, 2024 (BSS) - Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) today arrested detective branch of police inspector Arafat Hossain for his alleged role in piling up bodies of protesters on a van and later burning those to conceal evidences in Ashulia during the recent anti-discrimination student movement.

A team of RAB-3 detained the disgraced cop from capital's Aftabnagar area earlier today, RAB sources told BSS. He has already been handed over to Ashulia Police Station.

A gruesome video of policemen piling up bodies of unarmed civilians on a rickshaw van, covering those with a piece of cloth or plastic surfaced recently. Blood was seen gushing from the wounds of the bodies, dropping on the street bellow.

Some policemen wearing vests were seen piling up the bodies, while some others were seen randomly walking around. Inspector Arafat was clearly identified in the footage.

Earlier, detective branch (DB) of police arrested additional superintendant of police Abdullahil Kafi over that incident.