Bangabandhu Smrity Sangsad leader held while preparing for robbery

Pro-Awami League Bangabandhu Smrity Sangsad Kaliakoir upazila unit Organising Secretary Prince Sheikh, next to the policeman on left, with nine others after police arrested them with sharp weapons and sticks while they were preparing for a robbery at Biswas Para in the upazila of Gazipur early yesterday. Photo: Star

Police arrested 10 people, including a leader of pro-Awami League Bangabandhu Smrity Sangsad, while they were preparing to commit a robbery staying in a house at Biswas Para in Kaliakoir upazila of Gazipur early yesterday.
Ten sharp weapons and 14 sticks were seized from their possession.
The arrestees are Prince Sheikh, 27, organising secretary of the sangsad the upazila unit; Tutul Sheikh, 27; Abir Bakshi, 22; Md Hanif Mia, 25; Sany Sikder, 22; Arafat Fakir, 21; Shihab Uddin, 24; Pintu Khan, 25; Selim Sheikh, 19; and Faruk Khan, 22.
Police raided the house around 4:00am and arrested them with the weapons, said Kaliakoir police Officer-in-Charge Omar Faruk.
Two cases were filed against them.