Chattogram Superintendent of Police Masud Alam said no one involved in crime or militant activity in the city would escape, warning that their fate would be like that of David Iman. He made the remarks at a news conference at the SP office at 11am on Thursday. Iman and three associates were arrested around 3am on Tuesday night in Jhumjhumpur, under Jashore Kotwali police station, by Jashore district detective police with Chattogram district police personnel participating.

Alam said Iman and his associates were among the shooters of the group led by fugitive top criminal Sajjad Ali Khan, also known as Boro Sajjad. He claimed their arrests dealt a major blow to the group’s organizational structure and that Boro Sajjad’s chain was breaking. The SP said the arrests followed prolonged intelligence surveillance, checkpoints in Companiganj of Noakhali, and intensified monitoring at the Jashore border.

Police said the suspects changed clothes, vehicles and drivers while in Dhaka, then tried to flee to India through the Jashore border via Khulna. Police said an Indian Aadhaar card was recovered from Iman, but gave no details on whether it was genuine. Rayhan Alam was not arrested in the Companiganj operation and remains under surveillance, Alam said. The four suspects are in Chattogram district police custody.