Subrata Bain arrested in Kolkata

Subrata Bain, one of the 23 most wanted criminals in Dhaka, was arrested in Kolkata of India on October 10, the Criminal Investigation Department confirmed New Age on Sunday.
He is the first arrest after the Bangladesh government had recently handed over a list of 1,462 criminals to the Border Security Force of India.
The CID said a Special Force team of Kolkata had arrested Timothi Subrata Bain alias Fateh Ali, who was in No 6 of the list handed over to BSF, from his rented flat at Razarhat of Chabbish Pargana in West Bengal, and he had been produced in an Indian court on Monday. The court also granted his 14-day police remand.
The police brought charge of intrusion against him, according to information available in Dhaka.
Different sources in the police and different areas in Dhaka said Subrata was the chief of the dreaded Seven Star Gang, which would control the underworld activities in a major part of the capital.
Subrata Bain alias Suvra, who comes from a village under Gournadi upazila of Barisal used to live at Moghbazar in Dhaka along with his family. He had married a Muslim girl and was converted to a Muslim after his first wife had gone to London with one of his associates.
He was then introduced with Tikka, another listed criminal, of Moghbazar and entered the underworld. Subrata had come to limelight after he had allegedly killed one Alam of Siddeshwari in 1986.
He was introduced with several infamous gangsters, including Bikash, Tiger Babul, Liakat and Sweden Aslam, when he serving jail.
After being released from jail in June 1990, he had allegedly killed Kabir Hossain on November 19, 1990 and picked a conflict with another notorious criminal Rafique, who would then control Moghbazar area.
Subrata and his gang members had taken shelter to Surya Sen Hall at Dhaka University under the shelter of some influential leaders of BNP’s student front Chhatra Dal in 1992.
His gang had allegedly shot dead Abu Hasan Murad, a leader of JSD’s student front, in front of his Moghbazar residence over a conflict regarding Bishal Centre (a shopping complex) in the area.
It is also alleged that his gang members had shot dead two students of Dhaka University and activists of JCD — Mahbub and Mahmud — at the end of the 1992 when Subrata was under the shelter of some JCD leaders.
He is also accused in the killing of one Rafiq on February 14, 1993 and started living at Moghbazar. As many as 17 cases had been filed against Subrata with the Ramna police that include Moghbazar.
He formed the Seven Star Gang in 1995 along with Aminur Rasul Sagar alias Tokai Sagar, Bhuiyan Ripon, Mollah Masud, Tikka, Tanvirul Islam Joy (now under custody of Kolkata police) and John. The gang used to control all tender activities in the government offices and the underworld activities in the major part of the capital.
Assuming power for the second time in 2001, the BNP-led alliance government listed 23 criminals as most wanted and announced cash reward for them. Subrata was the No 15 criminal in the list.
After the announcement of the list, Subrata had remained in the capital and left the country when another listed criminal, Pichchi Hannan, was killed in ‘crossfire’ with the Rapid Action Battalion in 2004.
Subrata first stayed at a rented flat at Tegharia in Chabbish Pargana and started fish farming in Murshidabad, different sources said, adding that many of his associates had also left for Kolkata and remained in touch with him.
Staying in Kolkata, Subrata used to continue criminal activities in Dhaka through his gang members.