Detectives arrested local Jubo League leader Sohrab Mia, known as the “Drug King”, in Kurigram Sadar upazila last night.

Kurigram Sadar Police Station in-charge Nazmul Alam said that Sohrab Mia was arrested from Sirir Mor under Jatrapur syndicate.

OC said police were investigating various crimes against him, including illegal drug dealing.

He is the general secretary of Jubo League’s Jatrapur union unit and the younger brother of Jatrapur Union Parishad President Abdul Gafur. He is a resident of Jatrapur’s Newani Para village.

He is one of the defendants in the lawsuit filed for attacking students during the Student Movement Against Discrimination. There are also numerous allegations that he dealt in drugs and provided legal aid to drug dealers.

According to local people, Sohrab is also known as the “linesman” of Sadar Police Station. Whenever any drug dealer encountered any problem, he was managing everything in coordination with the police station. It had made drug dealing and consumption in the region an open secret. They said the locals did not dare to protest against him as he was the brother of the Jubo League leader and the local UP chief minister.

Ayub Ali, former president of Jatrapur Union Parishad, said, “Sohrab Mia is a ‘drug mafia’ in the area and played a major role in supplying drugs among the youth in the area. Even though complaints have been lodged against him at the police station and the administration.” “On several occasions no action was taken against him for ‘mysterious’ reasons.”

He further said, “If the detainee is interrogated strictly, the police will find the sources of the various crimes in which he is involved.”

When contacted, Sohrab’s elder brother and Jatrapur UP Chief Minister Abdul Gafur refused to comment on the matter.