Special Response Battalion-13 (SRB-13) has recovered a Vishnu idol weighing 15.1 kg and four black stone fragments weighing 6.8 kg in a raid in the Dakshin Guptapara area of ​​Rangpur city. These were recovered during a raid last night. During this, three members of the idol smuggling gang were arrested.

Based on specific intelligence information, an operation team of CPSC, SRB-13, Rangpur conducted a raid on a flat on the 2nd floor of a four-storey building of AKM Humayun Kabir in Dakshin Guptapara under Kotwali Police Station, Rangpur city at 7.50 pm on September 30, 2026 and recovered a black stone Vishnu idol and four black stone fragments. During this, three members of the idol smuggling gang were arrested: Mizan (42) of Guptapara in Rangpur city, Mozaffar Hossain (37) of Nayabazar village under Haragach police station and Majedul Islam (29) of Sonatan Siddiq Bazar village under Kaunia police station.

SRB has filed a case against the arrested accused under the Special Powers Act of 1974 as the plaintiff. The seized evidence, including the recovered idol, and the arrested accused have been handed over to the concerned police station for further legal action.