Listed Tangail criminal ‘Quarter Roni’ held

Police have arrested a listed criminal in Tangail district from the city’s Mohammadpur area.

The arrestee, Atikur Rahman Roni, alias Quarter Roni, who was held on Saturday night, hails from Deola area of Tangail and is accused in nine cases in Tangail Sadar police station.

Tangail Superintendent of Police Sanjit Kumar Roy disclosed the information during a press briefing on Sunday afternoon.

Acting on a tip-off, a team of Tangail Sadar police station arrested Roni from Mohammadpur area. The police will seek a remand for five days after producing him before court, added the SP.

He also said: “There are nine cases against him including two murder cases and four arms cases. Trials are going on in court in all the cases.”

Roni was previously arrested in the past in a number of cases, said Kumar.

He claimed that members of the law-enforcement agencies will rein in criminal activities in Tangail and all the  culprits will be  arrested.

Currently there are more than 10 criminals on the police's list.