Police arrest 9 members of a robber gang

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Our Correspondent :
Faridpur police arrested nine members of a robbery gang from different places across the country in a case filed for committing robbery at a house in Bhanga upazila of Faridpur.
The arrestees are residents of different districts including Dhaka, Gopalganj, Feni and Faridpur, said Jamal Pasha, additional superintendent of Faridpur police in a press conference on Saturday.
The arrestee are: Islam Mollah, 52, Belayat Sheikh, 35, Farid Khan, 42, Sahidul Shiekh, 33, Badiul Alam, 50, Habib Munshi, 45, Mosha Bepari, 45, Sujan Sardar, 39, and Obaidur Matbbar, 26.
According to sources at Bhanga Police Station, a gang of robbers looted valuables from the house of one Delowar Fakir of Chotto Hamirdi village on December 13.
Delowar filed a case against Chunnu Matabbar, 35, of Boro Hamirdi village under Bhanga upazila and some other unidentified persons on the same day.
Later, police arrested Chunnu and he confessed his involvement before a court.
Based on information of Chunnu, a team of Bhanga police station conducted drives at different places and arrested 9 members of the gang.
Abul Kalam Azad, sub-inspector of Bhanga Police Station, said they rescued some gold, seven mobile phones, a laptop, one pistol and four rounds of ammunition, a tab and Tk 54,800 during the drives.
The law enforcers arrested a gold trader named Palash Kor, 28, as the gold was found from his procession, said the police official.
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