Alleged Chattogram gangster Mobarak Hossain Emon, better known as David Emon, was trying to cross the border into India illegally when he was arrested in Jashore with three associates, police have said.
Jashore Superintendent of Police Syed Rafiqul Islam told bdnews24.com on Wednesday that officers acted on intelligence that Emon was travelling towards the border district in a private vehicle.
"We launched an operation around 3:30am near Narail-Jashore highway’s Jhumjhum area and arrested him along with three associates."
The others arrested were Mohammad Shamim, Mohammad Safayet Hossain and Alvi Islam Alip.
The four were handed over to Chattogram police around 10am on Wednesday, the police chief said.
"During preliminary questioning, they said they had come to Jashore to cross the border into India."
Police describe Emon as a close associate of Chattogram's notorious gangster Sajjad Ali Khan, also known as Boro Sajjad.
He is accused in 18 criminal cases, including a double murder, and allegedly carried out crimes on Sajjad's behalf.
Emon's name recently surfaced in a Tk 20 million extortion case involving an internet service provider in Chattogram.
Police said he demanded the money from the owner of Digital Dot Net (DDN) on Jul 13, and the company's office was later vandalised and looted after the demand was refused.
He has also been linked to a shooting at former lawmaker and Smart Group Managing Director Mujibur Rahman Chowdhury's home in January, as well as several high-profile murders in Chattogram.