No information of Arav Khan’s detention in Dubai: IGP

The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun has said he has no information of detention of Rabiul Islam alias Arav Khan in Dubai.

In a reply to a question, the IGP told journalists at a programme held at a hotel in the capital on Saturday noon.   

He said the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) issued a red notice against Arav Khan to bring back him from Dubai.

Earlier on Thursday night, Interpol finally issued a red notice against Arav Khan, a Dubai-based gold dealer and accused in the murder of a Bangladeshi police officer, on its website in red notice list.

After the murder of the police officer, Rabiul fled to India and secured an Indian passport under the name of Arav Khan, and went to Dubai. 

According to police, Arav’s real name is Rabiul Islam. On July 7 in 2018, police inspector Mamun Emran Khan was murdered in Dhaka.

On April 11, 2019, Detective Branch of police pressed charges against Rabiul and nine others in the murder case of Mamun Emran Khan, the then inspector of the special branch (SB) of police. Then, Rabiul Islam went into hiding.

Now, he is a billionaire gold trader in Dubai, police added.

Arav Khan recently came to the limelight with the inauguration of jewelry shop in Dubai.