Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Saturday detained 11 robbers from Boliyarpur area of Dhaka’s Savar, while they were preparing to stage a robbery.
The detainees are Md Shamim aka Sabdul, Md Anisur Rahman alias Thanda, Md Salauddin, Md Ikhtiyar Uddin, Md Saiful Islam, Md Jahangir Sarkar, Md Sajib Islam, Md Jiban Sarkar, Shri Swapan Chandra Roy, Md Minhazur Islam, and Shri Madhav Chandra Sarkar.
On the basis of a tip-off, the elite team conducted an operation in Boliyarpur area around 1am and detained the robbers, said ASP Imran Khan, assistant director of Legal and Media Wing of RAB headquarters.
During the raid, RAB members seized different tools used in robbery which include a foreign-made gun, a pipe gun, two one-shooter guns, six rounds of ammunition, a magazine, two machetes, three iron rods, three axes, two knives, house cutter, 11 hacksaw blades, two laser lights and a hammer.
The detainees confessed to RAB that they have been planning to rob a battery factory in Savar.
They also said that they have long been involved in the robbery of houses, shops, warehouses, and even from passenger buses and freight trucks.