The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) announced on April 27, 2026, that it has solved the murder of customs officer Bullet Bairagi in Cumilla and dismantled a Telegram-based cybercrime network. At a press briefing in Dhaka’s Kawran Bazar, RAB’s media director detailed the operations. Five suspects were arrested in connection with the killing, which occurred on April 24 when Bairagi went missing while returning from training. His body was found the next morning near the Dhaka–Chattogram highway. The suspects, previously accused in theft and robbery cases, allegedly abducted and robbed him before throwing him from a moving vehicle, causing fatal head injuries. Weapons and the vehicle used in the crime were recovered.

In a separate operation, RAB arrested five individuals in Bhola for running a Telegram-based pornography trade targeting female students. The group allegedly hacked social media accounts and sold private content through hundreds of Telegram channels. Authorities recovered around 150,000 sensitive images and videos. RAB stated that its operations to ensure public safety and curb cybercrime, especially against youth, will continue.

Police in Narayanganj have revealed the chilling details behind the murder of 11-year-old Hossain, whose body was found on April 23, 2026, in an abandoned house near Fatullah. The case was disclosed at a press conference by District Police Superintendent Md. Mizanur Rahman Munsi, who confirmed that six teenagers had been arrested in connection with the killing. The suspects, aged between 13 and 18, allegedly planned the murder out of a morbid curiosity to experience crime and imprisonment.

According to police, the group of teenagers, who often gathered and used drugs near Fatullah railway station, lured Hossain to an abandoned house with the promise of marijuana. There, they stabbed him to death and left his body at the scene. Hossain, who sold flowers with his father, had gone missing on April 18. His decomposed body was discovered five days later, sparking public outrage.

Police said one suspect, Yasin, confessed under Section 164, and a sharp knife used in the murder was recovered. One more suspect remains at large, while authorities continue efforts to apprehend him.

Barishal Range Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Mohammad Mostafizur Rahman has called on people from all walks of life to unite against drugs, terrorism, and extortion. He made the appeal on Monday while addressing the inauguration ceremony of the Uzirpur Model Police Station complex in Barishal district, where he served as the chief guest.

The DIG emphasized that drug dealers and users must be socially boycotted and that coordinated efforts among law enforcement and relevant institutions are essential to eradicate these problems. He also stated that the police force has begun an internal purification drive, bringing all Barishal district police members under mandatory drug testing. Any officer found involved with drugs will face strict disciplinary action, including dismissal without compromise.

Senior officials, including Barishal Superintendent of Police A.Z.M. Mostafizur Rahman and Public Works Department Executive Engineer Faisal Alam, attended the event, underscoring institutional support for the initiative.

An Indian citizen was detained with foreign currency at the Banglabandha land port in Panchagarh on Monday. The detainee, identified as Palash Chandra Majhi from Khanakul police station area in Hooghly district, India, was reportedly involved in hundi trading. Acting on intelligence information, the National Security Intelligence (NSI) and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) conducted a search at the Banglabandha ICP checkpoint around noon and recovered 24,600 US dollars, 5 Indian rupees, 130 Nepali rupees, and 3,570 Bangladeshi taka from him.

According to intelligence sources, the Indian national had entered Bangladesh on a tourist visa on March 27 and was attempting to return to India through the Banglabandha land port when he was detained. Tetulia Model Police Station Officer-in-Charge Md Laisur Rahman confirmed the detention, adding that the suspect had not yet been brought to the station. He said a case would be filed under relevant laws if the customs authorities lodged a complaint.

Assistant Customs Commissioner (AC) Sayedur Rahman Munna, responsible for the port and immigration, was contacted but said he was busy and would speak later.

A fisherman was killed by lightning while fishing in the Dhanua River of Khaliajuri upazila in Netrakona on Monday morning. The incident occurred around 9:15 a.m. near the ferry ghat area of Jagannathpur, according to Khaliajuri Police Station Officer-in-Charge Nasir Uddin. The deceased was identified as Abdul Motaleb, 55, a resident of Bagber village in Maizpara union under Ishwarganj upazila of Mymensingh.

Local sources said Motaleb and two others had traveled by autorickshaw from their home area to the Dhanua River for fishing. They began fishing with rods at Godaraghata in Jagannathpur when rain and lightning suddenly started. Motaleb was struck by lightning and died on the spot. Police said necessary legal procedures are being carried out regarding the incident.

Authorities have not reported any further casualties or property damage from the lightning strike.

Relatives of the victims and local residents in Narayanganj have demanded the immediate execution of the verdict in the widely discussed seven-murder case. On Monday morning, they formed a human chain on the Dhaka–Chattogram Highway in Siddhirganj’s Mouchak area to press their demand. Selina Islam Beauty, wife of slain panel mayor Nazrul Islam, recalled the brutality of the killings and urged authorities to ensure justice within 2026 so that the families can witness it in their lifetime.

Other victims’ relatives, including Shamsun Nahar Nupur and Abul Khayer, expressed frustration over the prolonged delay, noting that the case has remained pending in the Appellate Division for over eight years. They appealed to Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, the attorney general, and the law minister to take special steps for swift implementation of the verdict. The families said they continue to live in hardship while those responsible remain alive and unpunished.

The case stems from the abduction and murder of seven people, including Nazrul Islam and lawyer Chandan Kumar Sarkar, on April 27, 2014. Their bodies were later recovered from the Shitalakkhya River, and the judicial process remains ongoing in the Appellate Division.

Police in Tongi, Gazipur confirmed that a man named Saifur Rahman Sohan confessed to killing his father and younger brother out of anger over a broken marriage arrangement with his cousin. The incident occurred on Uttor Bonmala Road, and police verified the confession after overnight interrogation on Sunday.

According to police sources, Sohan, a casual machine operator at a pharmaceutical factory, had a romantic relationship with his cousin, and their families had discussed marriage. However, his younger brother Sakib later became romantically involved with the same cousin, leading to conflict between the brothers. On Saturday night, after an argument, Sohan tied up Sakib, gagged him, and fatally cut his tendons with a blade. When their father, Sohel Rana, witnessed the killing, Sohan took him near a railway line, where he was struck and killed by a passing train.

Police said Sohan was sent to the Gazipur District and Sessions Judge Court on Monday after being shown arrested in a murder case.

Sheikh Yusuf Afridi, a commander of the militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba, was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Initial reports indicate that the attackers fired multiple rounds at Afridi, leaving him no chance to escape. Afridi was known as a close associate of the group’s chief, Hafiz Saeed.

Local sources said Afridi played a key role in directing the organization’s operations in the region. Investigators are treating the incident as a targeted killing. The attack follows a series of similar incidents involving members of militant groups in Pakistan.

Last month, Lashkar-e-Taiba founding member Amir Hamza survived an armed attack in Lahore, while Muhammad Tahir Anwar, brother of Jaish-e-Mohammed leader Masood Azhar, recently died under mysterious circumstances. In March of the previous year, senior Lashkar-e-Taiba member Abu Katal was also shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Jhelum, Pakistan.

Five suspects have been arrested by the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in connection with the murder of customs officer Bullet Bairagi, whose body was recovered near the Kotbari Irish Hotel in Comilla. The detainees are also accused in a railway robbery case, and four of them are believed to be directly involved in the killing. The arrests were confirmed by RAB-11 officials on Monday.

According to the information provided, Bairagi boarded a CNG-run autorickshaw at Padua Bazar on Friday night after getting off a bus on his way home. The robbers had been waiting in the vehicle and targeted him in a planned attack. His body was found the next morning about two kilometers from Padua Bazar, near the Irish Hotel area of Kotbari.

Bairagi had recently attended the 44th basic training in Chattogram and was returning to Dhaka after completing it. His last phone contact with family occurred around 1:25 a.m. when he said he was near Tomchom Bridge in Comilla, after which communication was lost.

The Supreme Court’s Appellate Division chamber court has stayed the bail of Ehteshamul Haque, also known as Bhola, one of the accused in the murder case of former police superintendent Babul Akhter’s wife, Mahmuda Khanam Mitu. The order was issued on Monday. Bhola had been arrested on January 21 from in front of Media Tower in the Kalpolok residential area of Chattogram by Bakalia police.

Ehteshamul Haque, identified as a listed criminal, faces multiple cases including murder, arms, and extortion charges. He was also shown arrested in the case of nursing college teacher Anjali Rani Devi, who was hacked to death in 2015 in Chattogram’s Panchlaish area. Mahmuda Khanam Mitu was murdered on June 5, 2016, near GEC intersection while taking her son to school. Following the incident, Babul Akhter filed a case against three unidentified persons.

The investigation was later transferred from the Chattogram Metropolitan Police’s Detective Branch to the Police Bureau of Investigation. In 2021, Mitu’s father filed another case naming Babul Akhter as the prime accused. Allegations of political influence and controversy surrounded the investigation process during the previous Awami League government.

A Dhaka court on Monday, April 27, 2026, cancelled the bail of former Chhatra League leader Lavlu Mollah Shishir, who is accused in a case over an attack on Begum Khaleda Zia’s motorcade. The decision came a day after another Dhaka court had granted him bail on April 26. Shishir, a former president of Masterda Surya Sen Hall Chhatra League and deputy registrar of Dhaka University, had been arrested in connection with the case filed at Shahbagh Police Station.

According to the case, on April 22, 2015, during an election campaign at Banglamotor Signal in Shahbagh, the accused allegedly attacked Khaleda Zia’s motorcade with weapons intending to kill her. The attack resulted in damage to 12 to 14 vehicles and the burning of four motorcycles, while her security personnel were injured. The case was filed on November 23, 2024, at Shahbagh Police Station.

The court’s latest order reverses the earlier bail decision, keeping the accused in custody as the legal proceedings continue.

Police in Dhaka arrested a total of 86 people in separate operations conducted across the capital. The Dhaka Metropolitan Detective Police (Motijheel Division) detained 58 drug addicts during a block raid near the TT Para railway area under Mugda Police Station. Additionally, Hazaribagh Police arrested 28 individuals accused of involvement in various crimes. The arrests took place on Sunday afternoon, April 26, 2026, and were confirmed by Deputy Police Commissioner N M Nasir Uddin, spokesperson for the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP).

After being presented before the Special Metropolitan Magistrate Court, the detainees received short-term sentences and were sent to prison. The Hazaribagh operation was carried out from Sunday night to Monday morning in crime-prone areas under the station’s jurisdiction. According to DMP sources, such operations will continue to maintain law and order in the capital.

The police emphasized that these drives are part of ongoing efforts to ensure public safety and curb criminal activities in Dhaka.

A Dhaka court has placed former Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI) director Lieutenant Colonel (dismissed) Md Afzal Naser on a two-day remand in the Mahmudul Hasan murder case. The order was issued on Monday, April 27, 2026, by Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Zakir Hossain. The prosecution confirmed the decision. Naser had earlier been remanded for four days on April 23 and was produced before the court after that period ended. The investigating officer from Uttara East Police Station sought a seven-day remand for further interrogation.

According to the remand petition, violent activities were allegedly carried out under Naser’s direction and funding during the anti-discrimination student movement. Investigators stated that further questioning was necessary to uncover the main motives and ensure a fair investigation. The case stems from the August 5, 2024, shooting of Mahmudul Hasan during a student rally in Uttara, where he was fatally hit by bullets allegedly fired by Naser and others.

Police previously arrested Naser on March 30, 2026, from his residence in Mirpur DOHS. He has since been remanded multiple times in separate murder cases filed with Mirpur and Paltan police stations, totaling 28 days of remand so far.

A man identified as Md. Alo, aged 33, fled after chanting political slogans through a loudspeaker in front of the locked district Awami League office in Maijdee, Noakhali, on Monday morning. Police arrived at the scene and seized two microphones and an amplifier used in the incident.

According to local sources, the man arrived in a CNG-run auto-rickshaw and began shouting slogans such as “Sheikh Hasina will come, Bangladesh will smile” and “Joy Bangla, Joy Bangabandhu.” When police reached the spot, he quickly escaped in the same vehicle. The office had been closed and locked at the time of the incident.

Sudharam Police Station Officer-in-Charge Md. Touhidul Islam said the youth appeared to have mental health issues. Authorities are investigating the matter and will take legal action after reviewing the situation.

Police in Netrokona’s Purbadhala have arrested three people, including the upazila unit member secretary and a former joint convener of the Chhatra Dal, in connection with an attack and vandalism on a Member of Parliament’s private car. The arrests were made in separate operations by the district detective branch and local police on Sunday night and early Monday.

The detainees are Saju Ahmed, Solaiman Kabir Pappu, and Aiyub Ali. Saju Ahmed is the third accused and serves as the upazila Chhatra Dal member secretary, while Solaiman Kabir Pappu is the tenth accused and a former joint convener. Aiyub Ali, the fortieth accused, is the ward president of the Krishak Dal in Laujana village. Police said the arrested individuals will be produced before court, and operations are continuing to detain others involved.

The case stems from an incident last Friday evening when MP Mashum Mostafa’s car was attacked and vandalized at a filling station in Atkapara area. The MP was briefly confined before being rescued by police and administration. So far, twelve people have been arrested in the case, nine of whom are currently on bail.