Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) arrested seven members of an organized gang of dacoits from city’s Bakalia area Monday noon.
The arrestees were identified as Al Mamun alias Farhad, 27, Sahed alias Siddik, 25, Rubel, 22, Masud, 28, Tarek, 21, Rasel, 24 and Mosharraf Hossain, 24.
Acting on secret information, a team of Bakalia police raided Kolpolok residential area under city’s Bakalia thana around 12.30pm while they were preparing to commit robbery, said Mohammad Mohsin, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Bakalia police station.
Police is trying to nab the gang leader Oli, the OC said.
