4 robber suspects held

Police in a drive detained four suspected robbers from Ataikula Police Station area early yesterday.

The arrestees are Rezaul Karim, Liton Mia, Mohammad Akash and Samrat Hossain.

They all hail from different villages in Santhia upazila of the district.

During the drive, the law enforcers also seized a private car and sharp weapons from their possession.

Pabna Superintendent of Police (SP) Rafikul Islam at a press briefing yesterday said Ataikula police first arrested Akash with a private car around 2:00am and later detained the other three members of the gang from different areas under the police station.

The arrestees are active members of an inter-district robbers’ gang and also accused in a number of cases filed with different police stations, the SP said.