Angry people gouged out eyes of seven alleged pirates in the remote areas of Char Kukrimukri under Charfashon police station of Bhola district in the estuary of river Meghna on Wednesday noon.
Md. Saifuddin, assistant police super of Bhola and Riazuddin, officer-in-charge of Charfashon police station confirming the incident said police rescued the pirates from the hands of the mob and sent them to upazila health complex for treatment under police custody.
Police also recovered one pipe gun, two pistols, 22 rounds ofammunition, one gun and some sharp weapons from the trawler of the arrested pirates, police said.
The arrested pirates were identified as Sohrab Hossain, 31, Ruhul Amin, 40, Abdur Rahman, 35, Nur Nabi, 35, Abdul Mannan, 44, Shahid, 29, and Lokman, 35. They all are members of pirate gang Rana Bahini of Hatiya.
Police and local sources said the pirates on early Wednesday abducted Babul, Ali Abbas Majhi and Harun Mridha, three fishermen with their engine-boats from Diamonura and Dakatia ghats in remote areas of Meghna estuary.
The pirate gang claimed themselves as members of 'Rana Bahini' of Hatiya and gave their relatives a cell phone No. 01754-244841 for contacting them to negotiate about release of the abducted fishermen by paying ransom.
Police of Char Aicha police post and Charfashon police station started operation to rescue and recover the abducted fishermen and the trawlers in the area on Wednesday morning and chased the trawlers of the pirates.
One trawler of the pirates was forced to land on Char Kukrimukri mangrove forest area on Bura Gouranga river in the Meghna River estuary after its engine failed and they took shelter at Uttar Muslimpara registered primary school amid heavy downpour.
Local people became suspicious of the strangers inside a room in the school, locked and cordoned the room from outside and asked local Chowkidar Abdul Motaleb to call police at about 11am.
But before police reached the scene, local people nabbed the seven suspected pirates and tried to lynch them by mass beating and gouge out their eyes, local sources said.
Source : New Age
