Fifty-two members of four pirate groups active in the Sundarbans surrendered to Bangladesh’s Rapid Action Battalion on Monday, August 31, according to RAB-6. The surrender came a day before the forest was scheduled to reopen to tourists and forest-dependent workers on September 1 after a three-month closure.
A RAB-6 press release said the surrendering members included 16 from the Boro Jahangir group, 13 from the Anarul group, 15 from the Afzal, also known as Dulabhai, group, and eight from the Aftab group. RAB said piracy and forest banditry, including kidnapping and ransom collection, had created insecurity among fishers, woodcutters and honey collectors.
RAB said it had maintained intelligence surveillance and conducted operations to control such crimes. It also cited sustained operational activity, the difficult forest environment and uncertainty in criminal life as factors behind the surrender decisions. The forest had been closed from June 1 to August 31 to protect wildlife breeding, movement and biodiversity. RAB-6 said legal action would be taken against the 52 men under existing laws before they are produced before a court.
পর্যটক ও বনজীবীদের জন্য সুন্দরবন খুলে দেওয়ার ঠিক আগের দিন বড় ধরনের সাফল্যের দাবি করেছে র্যাব। সুন্দরবনে সক্রিয় চারটি জলদস্যু বাহিনীর ৫২ সদস্য র্যাবের কাছে আত্মসমর্পণ করেছেন। সোমবার (৩১ আগস্ট) তারা আত্মসমর্পণ করেন বলে জানিয়েছে র্যাব-৬। মঙ্গলবার (১
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