BUET student Soni murder convict Togor faces arms charges

Mushfiq Uddin Togor, who served time for the murder of BUET student Sabekun Nahar Soni, now faces fresh charges under the Arms Act after illegal weapons and ammunition were recovered from a Dhaka flat. RAB-3 Deputy Assistant Director (Company Commander) Md Khalekuzzaman filed the case on Friday afternoon, confirmed Lalbagh Police Sub-Inspector Matiar Rahman Bulbul. Togor was arrested on Thursday afternoon from Azimpur in Dhaka. According to the RAB, he had been smuggling illegal firearms from the country’s border regions and distributing them across the capital. The 50-year-old was released from Kashimpur Cental Jail on Aug 20, 2020, after completing his sentence in the Soni murder case. Since then, the RAB claims, he has been involved in arms trading. The...