Staff Reporter :
A mobile court of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Tuesday sentenced 23 youths for a three-month imprisonment each in the city’s Mugda and Manda areas for drug peddling, mugging and taking cannabis.
They were arrested during a raid on Monday evening in the neighbourhoods, said
Executive Magistrate of RAB- 3 Md Akhtaruzzaman.
“The youths were engaged in drug abuse, mugging, clash, theft and other crimes in the neighbourhoods. They were the members of teenagers’ gangs called ‘Devil’s King,’ ‘Chan-Jadu,’ and ‘Agun,” the RAB executive magistrate said.
Three of the arrestees were sent to the juvenile correction centre in Gazipur as they are underage. The others were imprisoned for three months.
Most of the young men were detained while they were consuming cannabis, Akhtaruzzaman said.
Earlier, locals in the area had lodged a complaint against the gang members for creating nuisance in the area, he added.
A mobile court of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Tuesday sentenced 23 youths for a three-month imprisonment each in the city’s Mugda and Manda areas for drug peddling, mugging and taking cannabis.
They were arrested during a raid on Monday evening in the neighbourhoods, said
Executive Magistrate of RAB- 3 Md Akhtaruzzaman.
“The youths were engaged in drug abuse, mugging, clash, theft and other crimes in the neighbourhoods. They were the members of teenagers’ gangs called ‘Devil’s King,’ ‘Chan-Jadu,’ and ‘Agun,” the RAB executive magistrate said.
Three of the arrestees were sent to the juvenile correction centre in Gazipur as they are underage. The others were imprisoned for three months.
Most of the young men were detained while they were consuming cannabis, Akhtaruzzaman said.
Earlier, locals in the area had lodged a complaint against the gang members for creating nuisance in the area, he added.
