Police in Mymensingh have arrested seven people, including the father of a suspect, for attacking officers and snatching a detainee while he was being taken to the police station. The incident occurred in the Digharkanda area when a police team arrested Ariful Islam, an accused in an earlier assault case, and was transporting him to the station. The attackers, reportedly led by Ariful’s father Sagar Ali, used sticks and local weapons to assault five police members and freed Ariful, who was handcuffed at the time.

According to Kotwali Model Police Station Officer-in-Charge Md Najmus Sakib, the earlier case involved the severe injury of a man named Russell on January 10. Following that assault, Russell’s family filed a case naming eight individuals and several unidentified others. After the police attack, Assistant Sub-Inspector Ariful Islam filed another case naming 29 people and 140 unidentified attackers.

Police launched an immediate operation and arrested seven suspects from Digharkanda. They were presented before the court on Wednesday after legal procedures were completed.