Police on Friday said the two of the arrestees, who robbed and gang raped passengers on a moving bus in Tangail, have drug consumption characteristics.
“But the dope test will reveal if they are drug users or not. Their various behaviours suggest that they take drugs,” said Tangail Superintendent of Police Sarkar Mohammad Kaiser at a press conference.
Late on Thursday, the Detective Branch of police arrested them from the Kaliakoir bus stand in Gazipur and Shohag Palli.
They are– Abdul Awal, 30, of Kaliakair upazila of Gazipur, and Nurnabi, 26, of Rowmari upazila in Kurigram.
In the press conference, the police official said that a mobile phone looted during the robbery was recovered from the arrested accused Nurnabi.
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“Operation is going on to recover the looted goods. Awal was first arrested around 5am based on the information given by the other arrestee Raja Mia. Later, based on the information given by Awal, Nurnabi was arrested at 9am,” Sarkar Mohammad added.
During initial interrogation, Awal told the police that he had the looted mobile phones of the passengers.
Previously on Thursday, police arrested Raja Mia, another member of the ring. A Tangail court granted the police five days to grill him in custody.
Late on Tuesday night, the group of robbers boarded a Chittagong-bound bus of Eagle Paribahan masquerading as passengers and soon took control of the vehicle.
They snatched money, mobile phones and other valuables from passengers of the bus. They also raped two female passengers of the bus and dumped one of them in a roadside ditch.
At around 3am on Wednesday, the group drove the bus into a sand pile opposite Roktipara Jamme Mosque in Madhupur and fled the area.
Hekmat Ali, a passenger of the bus, filed a case at Madhupur police station accusing 10-12 unknown persons over the incident.
