Six ‘muggers’ arrested
Detectives yesterday claimed to have arrested six members of a criminal gang in connection with mugging Tk 35 lakh in Shahbagh area on February 7.
They arrestees are: Mazharul Islam Rakib, Jahirul Talukder, Abdul Bakar Siddique Khoka, Selim alias Lengra Selim, Md Lalon and Selim Mia.
Detectives said they recovered two machetes, two knives and Tk 2.5 lakh during their drives in Dhaka and nearby districts on Thursday and Friday.
AKM Hafiz Akhter, additional commissioner (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, said the gang intercepted one Shahidul Islam near an auto-stand in Shahbagh when he was carrying Tk 35 lakh on a rickshaw from his old Dhaka office to deposit the money to a bank around 3pm on that day.
They beat up Shahidul and made away with the money.
A day later, he filed a case with Shahbagh Police Station in this regard, he told a press conference at DMP media centre yesterday.
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