'Kidnapping gang leader' arrested
Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) on Tuesday arrested an alleged kingpin of a kidnapping gang in the capital's Mirpur area.
Shafiqul Islam alias Babul, 28, allegedly kidnapped Arif Khan, a local businessman along with his employee and obtained Tk 1 lakh in ransom, PBI officials said.
PBI officials investigating the incident arrested him from the house in Mirpur section-2 and recovered two mobile phones from his possession belonging to the victims, said Abul Kalam Azad, special superintendent of PBI.
Babul was accused in a number of cases with different police stations for murder, abduction, robbery and mugging. Police are trying to his other accomplices.
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