6 fake DB men held while fleeing
Villagers caught six fake members of Detective Branch (DB) of police in Khetlal upazila of Joypurhat when they were fleeing after looting Tk 3 lakh from a man of Akkelpur upazila in the district on Wednesday.
At least five such incidents took place in Dinajpur, Joypurhat and Naogaon since last August, said the police officials in the districts.
Razzaqul Haidar of Belghari village of Akkelpur upazila in Joypurhat was returning home on a motorcycle after drawing Tk 3 lakh from a bank in Bogra's Dupchachia upazila on Wednesday afternoon when two cars blocked his way at Satni on Dupchanchia-Akkelpur road, witnesses said.
Introducing themselves as members of DB, the men from the cars blindfolded Razzaqul and left the spot with him.
Later, the gang dropped him at Kalishwar village after snatching the money.
On suspicion, locals chased the cars and caught those around four kilometres away. The angry mob at Hatshahar under Khetlal upazila set fire to one of the cars, gave the alleged robbers a good beating and handed them over to police.
The arrestees are Keramat Ali, 45, from Faridpur, Md Firoz, from Sirajganj, Ashraful Islam, 34, and Sabuj Mia, 26, from Bogra, Yousuf Ali, 34, from Dhaka, and Yousuf Ali, 45, from Bhola.
Police seized Tk 86,000, three handcuffs, three keys and two cars from the gang and a case was filed, said Sirajul Islam, officer in charge (OC) of Akkelpur Police Station.
Earlier on October 8, a gang posing as DB men picked up Md Asaduzzaman Rashed, 35, at Morapukur refuelling station at Mobarakpur village in Patnitola upazila of Naogaon when he was returning from a bank after drawing Tk 17 lakh.
They picked him up into a microbus, telling him that he was accused in a drug peddling case.
The robbers snatched the money and dropped Rashed at a distant place.
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