UNB, Dhaka :
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested eight members of a robber gang from Shyamoli near Shishu mela in the city on Tuesday night.
The elite force recovered five sharp weapons and four mobile phones from their possessions.
The arrestees are-Md Babul, 45, Rifat Ahmed alias Ridoy, 19, Md Sujan, 18, Md Shilon, 20, Md Shah Alam, 18, Md Al Amin, 18, Mosharraf Hossain, 28, and Md Jalal.
Sources at the Rab-2 battalion headquarters said based on secret information; a special team of the battalion conducted raid on the road in front of the child amusement park around 8:55 pm and arrested the robbers.
The muggers were reportedly preparing to commit robbery there.
During preliminary interrogation, they confessed their involvement in committing robbery spitted into several small groups in day time and together at nights.
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested eight members of a robber gang from Shyamoli near Shishu mela in the city on Tuesday night.
The elite force recovered five sharp weapons and four mobile phones from their possessions.
The arrestees are-Md Babul, 45, Rifat Ahmed alias Ridoy, 19, Md Sujan, 18, Md Shilon, 20, Md Shah Alam, 18, Md Al Amin, 18, Mosharraf Hossain, 28, and Md Jalal.
Sources at the Rab-2 battalion headquarters said based on secret information; a special team of the battalion conducted raid on the road in front of the child amusement park around 8:55 pm and arrested the robbers.
The muggers were reportedly preparing to commit robbery there.
During preliminary interrogation, they confessed their involvement in committing robbery spitted into several small groups in day time and together at nights.
