Woman detained with 4 kg of ganja in Kaliganj, Satkhira
Police in Kaliganj, Satkhira detained 28-year-old Rashida Begum with 4 kg of ganja during a raid in Gobindakati village on 2 November 2026. A second suspect, Jahangir Alam (Moni), fled the scene and remained at large.
🇧🇩 Gobindakati village, Dhalbaria union, Kaliganj, Satkhira · Bangladesh
- Arrested
- 1
- Cannabis
- 4 kg
Police in Kaliganj detained 28-year-old Rashida Begum after recovering 4 kg of
ganja during a midday anti-drug raid in Gobindakati village on 2 November 2026.[1][2] A second suspect, Jahangir Alam (Moni), fled the scene after sensing the
police presence.[1] Police identified Rashida Begum as the wife of the late
Johar Ali of Gobindapur village.[1][3]
Acting on a secret tip-off, a Kaliganj police team led by Sub-Inspector Sabbir
Ahmed raided the area in front of an old house on the south side of Jahangir’s
residence.[1][3] The raid took place at about 12 noon in Gobindakati village of
Dhalbaria union in Kaliganj upazila, Satkhira.[1] Officers seized the 4 kg of
ganja at that spot before taking the woman into custody.[1][2]
Kaliganj police station chief Md. Sheikh Shahinur Rahman said police were
working to build a drug- and militancy-free environment across the upazila’s 12
unions.[1] He said operations against drug traders, terrorist activity and
other unlawful activity would continue.[1]
A sub-inspector filed a case under the Narcotics Control Act as complainant over the seizure.[2]
Sources
- কালিগঞ্জে ৪ কেজি গাঁজাসহ এক নারী আটক, ঘটনাস্থল থেকে পলাতক এক. sokalerkhobor24.com, 2 November 2026. In Bangla.
- কালিগঞ্জে ৪ কেজি গাঁজাসহ নারী আটক. Newszonebd, 2 November 2026. In Bangla.
- সাতক্ষীরার কালিগঞ্জে গাঁজাসহ নারী আটক. ournewsbd.net, 2 November 2026. In Bangla.
Open questions the AI reported
- Whether the fled suspect Jahangir Alam was later arrested or charged is not reported.
- Whether a drug case was filed against the detained woman and what charges apply is not reported.
- Only one accessible outlet account of this event could be opened; Facebook reposts of the same allegation were found but not used as evidence.
- No estimated value for the seized 4 kg of ganja was published.
- The submitted source gives Rashida Begum's age as 38 while the existing report gives 28.
- The submitted source names the raid leader as Sabbir Hossain while the second source and existing report name Sabbir Ahmed.
- The submitted source locates the search at Rashida Begum's dwelling house in Gobindapur village while the second source and existing report place the raid in front of the old house south of Jahangir's residence in Gobindakati village.
- The submitted page carries a photo captioned with the headline, but whether it shows this seizure could not be established from caption, credit and article text, so no media entry is added.
- Left out, as its quotation was not found in dailybanglapost.com: A second suspect, Jahangir Alam (Moni), fled the scene after sensing the police presence.
- Left out, as its quotation was not found in dailybanglapost.com: Sub-Inspector Sabbir Hossain filed a regular case under the Narcotics Control Act as complainant, and police were preparing to send the detained woman to jail through the court.
- This account gives Rashida Begum's age as 38 while the existing report gives 28.
- This account names the raid leader as Sub-Inspector Sabbir Hossain while the existing report names Sabbir Ahmed.
- This account locates the recovery at her house in Gobindapur village while the existing report places it in front of an old house south of Jahangir's residence in Gobindakati village.
- This account does not mention the second suspect Jahangir Alam (Moni) fleeing that the existing report records.
- The submitted page carries a photo captioned with the headline, but caption, credit and article text do not establish that it shows this seizure, so no media entry is added.
