Police have arrested another robber along with Tk 9 lakh for his alleged involvement alleged involvement with the burglary of Tk1.95 crore from Joypurhat branch of Brac Bank.
The arrestee is Sheikh Iqbal, son of Sheikh Shamsuddin resident of Thanapara area of Kustia.
Police unveiled the arrestee’s name on Friday though he was nabbed on October 6 from his residence.
“We kept his identity secret for the sake of the case and conducted drive in different districts along with Iqbal in a bid to arrest other robbers,” Abdur Rashid Sarker, officer-in-charge of Joypurhat Sadar police station told the Dhaka Tribune.
Earlier on Thursday, members of the Rapid Action Battalion have arrested seven people for their alleged involvement with the burglary of Tk1.95 crore from Joypurhat branch of Brac Bank and recovered Tk56 lakh from them.
A team of RAB 11 picked up Raja Miah, 45, the mastermind behind the burglary, from Srinagar of Munshiganj at 10:50pm on Wednesday. Based on his information, they also arrested Sri Badal alias Babla, 49, Md Hasan Shamim, 32, Anup Chandra Pandit, 21, Plabon Chandra Pandit, 25, Swapan Debnath, 40, and MK Kuddusur Rahman Bulu, 52, from Fatullah of Narayanganj and Sabujbagh of Dhaka at the same night.
On September 27, burglars looted more than Tk1.95 crore from the vault of Brac Bank’s Joypurhat branch after breaking its wall open.