Robbery at Power Plant in Nganj, 9 robbers Arrested with Electrical Equipment Worth Tk 6.5 Million

Staff Correspondent :
RAB has arrested nine members of a gang involved in a brutal robbery
at a DPDC power substation under construction in Fatullah,
Narayanganj. Authorities recovered stolen electrical equipment worth
Tk 6.5 million, one truck and several homemade weapons from the
suspects.
Lieutenant Colonel H. M. Sajjad Hossain, commanding officer of
Adamjee RAB-11, announced this information at a press conference at
the Adamjee RAB-11 office in Siddhirganj on Tuesday afternoon (23
September). Earlier, on Monday (22 September), raids in Samad Nagar,
Fatullah (Narayanganj) and the Sarulia area of Demra in the capital
Dhaka led to the arrests.
Of the nine arrested, Mohammad Liton (37), Mohammad Rafiqul (28),
Mohammad Saidul (31), Mohammad Arif (26), Mohammad Sagor
Munsi (38), Mohammad Akhtar (44) and Mohammad Roman (32) were
seized from Samad Nagar in Fatullah, Narayanganj, while Mohammad
Riaz (38) and Mohammad Shahidul (40) were arrested from the Sarulia
area under Demra police station in Dhaka.
Lt. Col. H. M. Sajjad Hossain said that on the night of Sunday (21
September) a gang of 15–20 armed robbers attacked the DPDC
substation under construction in the Pilkuni area of Fatullah. The robbers
held security guards and construction workers at gunpoint, tied their
hands and feet, and beat them.
They then loaded various parts and materials used for building an
electrical substation—protected electrical wires, rings, conductor cables,
ring network components, transformer cables, copper electrical wire and
multiple other parts—onto a truck and fled with items valued at around
Tk 6.5 million.
A case was filed with Fatullah police station, and using information
technology RAB conducted operations across Dhaka and Narayanganj,

recovering the looted property and arresting nine suspects, including the
gang leader Liton.
The RAB-11 commander added that the arrested suspect Liton faces a
total of nine cases five robbery cases, two firearm cases and one
narcotics case registered with various police stations including the DMP,
while Roman has four narcotics cases and Sagor Munsi has one case
registered against him. Operations to apprehend other members involved
in the robbery are ongoing, and legal action against the arrested suspects
is in progress.