Police in Gopalpur sub-district, Tangail, have arrested a acting headmaster of a government primary school following an anti-narcotics operation that yielded ten Yaba pills. The suspect, thirty-five-year-old Rezaul Karim (also known as Reza Fakir), was apprehended on Wednesday night in the Char Shimla area under Nagda Shimla Union.
Rezaul Karim serves as the acting headmaster of Chatutia Purvapara Government Primary School and is the son of the late Habibullah from Syedpur village. Officers also detained his associate, Moniruzzaman Munna, a motorcycle driver from Gulipecha village who was accompanying Karim at the time of the arrest and facilitating his movement.
Sub-Inspector Nazrul Islam of Gopalpur Police Station stated that law enforcement had received prior intelligence linking the educator to illicit drug consumption and regional trafficking network activities. Police units intercepted the duo at Char Shimla, searched Karim, and recovered ten Yaba tablets alongside the motorcycle used during the operation.
The arrest of a primary school headmaster on drug charges has generated widespread concern among parents and local residents. Community members voiced worry over the influence such conduct might exert on young pupils attending government institutions.
When contacted, Gopalpur Upazila Primary Education Officer Md. Shafiqul Islam Khan mentioned that he was currently on leave and had only recently assumed his post in the sub-district, adding that he did not know the accused personally. However, he confirmed receiving official notification of the arrest from his assistant education officer, indicating that administrative and departmental proceedings would follow standard civil service protocols.
Gopalpur Police Station Officer-in-Charge Md. Ruhul Amin confirmed that a formal case under the Narcotics Control Act has been registered against both individuals. Officers produced the suspects before a Tangail court on Thursday morning, where the magistrate remanded them to judicial custody pending further investigation.
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