The arrestees were identified as Md Fakhrul Islam Faku, Md Almas, Md Samun, Abdullah Al Yusuf Ahmed Ashik, Md Shahin, Md Babu and Md Shafiqul Islam. They were arrested from different parts of Dhaka and the Keraniganj area in several raids on Friday. Police seized a car used for the robbery, two machetes, a stolen laptop, 18 mobile phones, including a stolen one, 43,950 Indian rupees and Tk 3,000 in cash during the arrests, said Md Mahbub Alam, the joint commissioner of DMP South Detective Police. “Two of them held knives to the victims’ throats while the other two snatched a trolley bag, a handbag, a laptop, two mobile phones, about 57,000 Indian Rupees, Tk 7,600 in cash and other belongings,” said police official Mahbub Alam. A case was filed at Ramna Model Police Station over the incident on Jan 23, he said.

Source: bd News24 January 29, 2022 14:33 UTC