5 members of 'malam party' held
Police arrested five members of a “malam party” gang just as they were about to flee on a bus after snatching two mobile sets and cash from a police constable by rubbing a toxic substance in his eyes at city's Sher-e-Bangla Nagar area early yesterday.
Police seized the bus and a mobile set from their possession.
The arrested are -- the leader Shahidul Islam, 35, Jakir Hossain, 26, Babul, 30, Moksedul alias Mafidul, 32 and Nuruzzaman, 30.
Sub-Inspector Matiur Rahman of Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station said the victim Anwarul Islam, a police constable of Mirpur, had boarded the bus from Farmgate around 2:00am.
The group applied a toxic substance in his eyes and snatched Tk 2,000 and two cellphones from him. Just as they were going to let him off near Bangabandhu International Conference Centre, his cries attracted the attention of a police team on patrol, he said.
The team stopped the bus, rescued the constable and arrested the five. Two other gang members, however, managed to flee the scene, he added.
Anwarul filed a case with the police station under Speedy Trial Act in this connection.
Matiur said the gang used to commit the crime using the guise of passengers and hired the bus of Balaka Service for Tk 5,000 for the purpose.
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