The Detective Branch of police conducted a special drive in the capital’s Mugda and Rampura areas yesterday and arrested 10 people for their alleged connection with mugging and robbery.
The suspects – Md Akther, Md Aftab Hossain, Md Hanif, Md Helal Matubbor, Md Sumon Ali Apel, Jewel Hossain, Riaz, Md Masud, Md Saiful Islam and Md Billal Hossain – were arrested as two DB teams followed a tip-off and raided the areas, said Monirul Islam, joint commissioner at the DB, addressing a press briefing at the media centre of Dhaka Metropolitan Police.
“The teams also recovered a foreign pistol, three rounds of bullets, two stolen microbuses, one private car, three machetes, one dagger and a knife from their possession,” the DB official said.
He also said the suspects had been involved in several robberies around the capital, using microbuses. They sometimes robbed trucks entering the capital as well.
Among the arrested, Akhter, Aftab, Hanif, Helal, Sumon and Jewel, arrested by the DB team led by Assistant Commissioner Md Shahjahan, were planning a robbery when they were nabbed from Bashar Tower in Mugda last night.
The other four, arrested by the DB team led by Inspector Mahbub Ur Rashid from Rampura, have been stealing private cars in the capital for a long time.
The DB joint commissioner mentioned one incident when they stole a car at gunpoint in front of Falcon Tower at Tejgaon around 11:45pm on September 30.
They mugged people using the stolen cars, he said.
The DB was preparing to take appropriate action against the arrested, the joint commissioner added.
