8 robbers held, trawler seized in Dhaleshwari
Police arrested eight robbers and seized a trawler from the Dhaleshwari River in Sadar upazila of the district yesterday.
The arrestees are Rafiqul Islam, Rubel, Dulal Mia, Alauddin Mia, Jahirul Islam, Nobin Hossain, Harun Mia and Ohidul Islam. They all are from Charhogla village under Sonargaon upazila of Narayanganj.
Police said a gang of robbers on board a trawler swooped on a Khulna-bound clinker-laden cargo ship from Narayanganj near Haatlakkhiganj at around 9:00am and took away Tk 28 thousand from Mostafizur Rahman, master of the vessel.
As Mostafizur informed the river police of the incident over mobile phone, a police team chased the robbers and caught eight of them.
The law enforcers seized the trawler and recovered Tk 8,000 from their possession. The other members of the gang managed to flee with the rest of the looted money, said Sub-Inspector Mosharraf Hossain of Muktarpur river police outpost.
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