Four youths have been arrested while allegedly attempting a mugging in the capital’s Jatrabari area.
The arrestees were identified as Mehedi Hasan, 28, Ashik, 26, Abdullah Rahul, 19, and Belayet Hossain, 30.
Mohammad Akter Hossain, deputy commissioner of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s (DMP) Media and Public Relations Division, said on Thursday that a team from the Intelligence Analysis Division of the Special Response Unit (SRU) arrested the four during a raid beneath the Jatrabari intersection flyover on Wednesday night, acting on a tip-off.
They were later handed over to Jatrabari Police Station for further legal action, he added.