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Bangladesh

RAB arrests leader of Hashu-Kashu Bahini organized crime gang

2019-12-14

[Dhaka Tribune] There are 12 cases against him in different cop shoppes

Someone has been reading Rantburg. Only he misspelt planets.

Rapid Action Battalion

(RAB) has arrested a man with weapons and yaba pills.

Fondly known as the madness drug and Nazi speed, yaba is basically meth plus caffeine, primarily manufactured in Malaysia and distributed via Thailand.

RAB made the arrest from Sher-e-Bangla Nagar area, Dhaka on Friday.

The arrested Abul Kashem alias Hashu, is a ringleader of "Hashu-Kashu Bahini" an organised crime gang.

Once upon a time, back in 1971 when Bangladesh liberated itself from Pakistan, the bahinis were guerrilla groups fighting for the motherland. After they won, though, those that did not demobilize and return to civilian life turned bandit, and bandits they have been ever since.

RAB Legal and Media wing Senior Assistant Director Mizanur Rahman Bhuiyan

...a three-namer with a title that suggests the RAB is no long the free wheeling operation of its earlier days...

confirmed the matter.

He said a team of RAB 4 conducted a raid in the Sher-e-Bangla Nagar area based on an intelligence information

*Ring* *ring* “Mahmoud the Weasel here. Listen carefully — I will say this only once.”

and arrested Hashu.

Huh? It is the purpose of the RAB to take care of the worst cases, the ones the rickety, corrupt Bangladeshi justice system won’t. This historically has required a late night encounter shootout, followed by an accidental shooting precisely behind the ear.

"Hashu is a notorious criminal who committed crimes like extortion, land grabbing, abduction and killing in Mirpur, Agargaon and its adjoining areas," he said.

He extorted money from traders, industrialists, contractors, and even job seekers. He is also involved in drug business, said the RAB official.

Clearly, given the yaba pills.

"During the primary interrogation, he admitted that he is the ringleader of the Hashu-Kashu Bahini. There are more than 12 cases against him for extortion, murder, torture of women in different cop shoppes," the RAB official added.

Posted by:Fred

#5 Actually, 'bahini', or 'vaahini' means armed wing. Also used for militia, and now gangs. The Hashu-Kashu gang was run by two fellows... you guessed it. Hashu and Kashu.

Nothing to do with the mukti-bahini or any militia. Just run-of-the-mill Yaba the hutts.

Posted by: Dron66046 2019-12-14 22:04

#4 Arrested? Divine intervention?
The RAB exercising compassion?
"Of the wages of sin,
I'll relieve you! Begin."
"Bless me... bother!" A lengthy confession.

Posted by: Elmealet Thud7763 2019-12-14 21:49

#3 This historically has required a late night encounter shootout, followed by an accidental shooting precisely behind the ear.

This may be an anomaly, but I take it as a positive sign for Bangla. It implies that the RAB is pacifying the criminal element by skimming off the worst of the worst. Maybe wishful thinking, but we saw a similar trend in America West in the transition from shoot first/ask questions later frontier justice to a judicial system.

Posted by: SteveS 2019-12-14 14:13

#2 No shutter gun? No round of bullet? A kinder, gentler RAB.

Posted by: Abu Uluque 2019-12-14 13:30

#1 Not to be confused with the Hashu-Kashu Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bahini.

Posted by: Elmealet Thud7763 2019-12-14 00:29

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