9 held over Tk 38 lakh Dhanmondi robbery

Police have arrested nine alleged members of a robbery gang for allegedly robbing a man of Tk38 lakh at gunpoint in Dhaka’s Dhanmondi area after luring him into a fake gold purchase deal.

DMP Joint Commissioner (Crime) Md Faruk Hossain disclosed the information at a press briefing at the DMP Media Centre on Minto Road on Sunday.

The arrestees were identified as Tanvir Abedin, 41; M Mujibur Rahman, 60; Md Zakir Hossain alias Captain Zakir, 60; Md Solaiman Mridha, 55; Mohammad Kabir Hossain, 50; Abul Kalam Azad, 50; Md Zakaria Hossain alias Lenin, 40; Sajal Chowdhury, 31; and Saymun Chowdhury, 33.