Staff Reporter :
In a joint operation, police and the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested 11 individuals, including five dismissed law enforcement officers, in connection with a robbery in Mohammadpur, Dhaka.
On Sunday, police arrested three suspected robbers from different areas in the capital, according to Talebur Rahman, Deputy Commissioner (Media) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP).
RAB teams apprehended eight more suspects, including five former members of security forces, who had been dismissed from their posts at various times.
During the operations, police recovered Tk 2.20 lakh, two mobile phones, and gold ornaments from the suspects. RAB seized Tk 7 lakh, a microbus used in the robbery, and additional gold jewelry.
RAB officials, led by Lieutenant Colonel Munim Ferdous, Director of the RAB Law and Media department, are currently interrogating the suspects. They will be handed over to the police for further investigation after questioning.
A case was filed earlier in the day regarding the robbery at a house in the Beribadh area of Mohammadpur. The incident occurred early Saturday when a group of 15 to 20 people, dressed in army and RAB uniforms, stormed ‘Haji Vila,’ the residence of Abu Bakkar Siddik, around 3:30 AM.
Abu Bakkar Siddik recounted, “They held my hands and demanded I surrender any firearms. I told them that I had already deposited my weapons at the police station. They ransacked the house and looted Tk 85.50 lakh in cash, 70 tolas of gold, and several mobile phones.”
The authorities are continuing their investigation to identify any additional suspects involved in the robbery.