Police arrested seven persons for allegedly planning to commit a dacoity in guise of Detective Branch (DB) of police along with firearm, bullet, handcuff, wireless set and microbus from the city’s Uttara area in the wee hours of on Sunday.
“We arrested seven fake DB men for planning to commit a dacoity from Garibe Nawaz Avenue area at sector 11 of Uttara,” said a police official.
Police personnel also recovered a microbus, one pistol, one round of bullet, one pair of handcuff and wireless set from their possession, he also said.
The arrestees, Md Arif Hossain, 34, Md Ali Fakir aIias Lala, 48, Md Sanwar Hossain alias Sajib, 27, Md Swapon Mia, 28, Md Apu, 28, Md Sabuj Hossain, 28, and Md Sabuj Mridha alias Rahat, 26, confessed their link in robbing people in the city streets in guise of DB men, he added.
Two separate cases were lodged with Uttara Pashchim Police Station to this end.
