A man robbed and tortured by the gang died in a hospital last month
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Publish : 13 Jan 2022, 11:54 PMUpdate : 13 Jan 2022, 11:53 PM
Police have arrested six members of a robbery gang from Alangkar Moor area in Chittagong.
They were arrested during a raid by city detectives and Akbar Shah police on Thursday night, Additional Commissioner (Crime) Mohammad Shamsul Alam said.
The arrestees were identified as Mohammad Shah Alam Akon, 32, Abul Kalam, 47, Mohammad Zakir Hossain Sayeed, 36, Mohammad Al Amin, 29, Mizanur Rahman, 53, and Nahidul Islam alias Harun, 31. They came from Barisal to conduct robbery, say police.
At the time, a microbus, hammers, screwdrivers, knives, 10 mobile phones, a passport, and a visa copy were recovered from them.
On December 19, the gang picked up an expatriate named Hossain Master on a microbus from Alangkar Moor and took him to Zorarganj.
Hossain Master was going to purchase an airline ticket at Agrabad. The robbers took away Tk10,000 and Hossain's phone, and left in Betaria area of Chauddagram in Comilla.
Locals rescued him in critical condition and took him to a hospital, but he died a day later while undergoing treatment.
Six of a robbery gang arrested in Chittagong
A man robbed and tortured by the gang died in a hospital last month
Police have arrested six members of a robbery gang from Alangkar Moor area in Chittagong.
They were arrested during a raid by city detectives and Akbar Shah police on Thursday night, Additional Commissioner (Crime) Mohammad Shamsul Alam said.
The arrestees were identified as Mohammad Shah Alam Akon, 32, Abul Kalam, 47, Mohammad Zakir Hossain Sayeed, 36, Mohammad Al Amin, 29, Mizanur Rahman, 53, and Nahidul Islam alias Harun, 31. They came from Barisal to conduct robbery, say police.
At the time, a microbus, hammers, screwdrivers, knives, 10 mobile phones, a passport, and a visa copy were recovered from them.
On December 19, the gang picked up an expatriate named Hossain Master on a microbus from Alangkar Moor and took him to Zorarganj.
Hossain Master was going to purchase an airline ticket at Agrabad. The robbers took away Tk10,000 and Hossain's phone, and left in Betaria area of Chauddagram in Comilla.
Locals rescued him in critical condition and took him to a hospital, but he died a day later while undergoing treatment.