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Two top Indian criminals held

Staff Correspondent
Police arrested two Indian criminals including a suspected associate of underworld don Daud Ibrahim in Brahammanbaria where he had been hiding in guise of a Bangladeshi citizen for the last one month.
Arrestees are Abdul Rauf Daud Merchant, 37, and Mohammad Zahid. Abdul Rauf is the convicted killer ofmusic baron Gulshan Kumar.
A joint team of local and Detective Branch of police from Dhaka rounded up Abdul Rauf and Zahid at around 12:30am when they went to a tea stall at South iMourail in B'Baria town. Police also arrested Kamal Mian who provided shelter to Rauf.
Rauf also managed a Bangladesh passport from a broker where his name was mentioned as Shomr Patel. The police
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seized the passport and a drivinglicense of Rauf.
Asked whether Rauf has any link to the smuggling of 10 truckloads of arms and ammo seized in Chittagong, a top DB official seeking anonymity said, "After primary interrogation we can say if he was just hiding in Bangladesh or he came here with a mission."
"After primary interrogation we'll decide if he needs to be quizzed in the sensational arms haul case in which name of Daud Ibrahim came up in the confessional statement of some accused, "he said.
According to the confessional statement of detained former Director General of National Security Intelligence (NSI) Brig Gen (retd) Abdur Rahim had a meeting with ARY group in Dubai on the smuggling of seized firearms. Daud Ibrahim was allegedly present at the meeting.
Asked whether the detainees will be deported to India, the official said government would decide it
A mercenary sharpshooter Rauf was convicted of pulling the trigger on the music baron as he stepped out of a Shiv temple on the outskirts of Mumbai on August 12,1997.
Rauf convicted in April 2002 following a long-drawn-out trial fled India for Bangladesh last month while on furlough, according to website reports.
Once every two years a convict can avail of furlough on court order of Indian High Court, which is essentially a 14-day leave from jail to visit family or for personal work.
Sources in the DB said detained Zahid is a top-listed criminal of India who had been hiding in Bangladesh for the last eight years.
Zahid arranged the shelter for Abdul Rauf in the house of one Kamal Mian on Chhotta Shakil's order, ringleader of Mumbai-based criminal gang. Chhotta Shakil is also a close associate of Daud Ibrahim.
They also hired a house at Shekhertek in Mohammadpur to get holed up.