Kolkata, March 15: The West Bengal Police’s STF arrested a Bangladeshi for allegedly helping the suspected killers of Sharif Osman Hadi, a youth leader from the neighbouring country, flee to India after committing the crime, an officer said on Sunday.
The arrest comes a week after the Special Task Force (STF) apprehended two suspects wanted in connection with Hadi’s murder from Bongaon in the North 24 Parganas district.
During interrogation, the two men told investigators that a person named Philip Sangma had helped them cross the international border in Meghalaya, the police officer said.
Acting on a tip-off, the STF tracked down Sangma and arrested him on Saturday morning from the Shantipur Bypass area in West Bengal’s Nadia district, the officer added.
A preliminary interrogation revealed that Sangma, also a Bangladesh national, who allegedly facilitates infiltration through the border in Haluaghat (Bangladesh) and Dalupara (Meghalaya) areas in exchange for money, another officer said. (PTI)
