Police in Sonargaon, Narayanganj, have arrested a man posing as a police officer while he attempted to rob a truck.
The suspect, identified as Hira Sheikh, 40, had stopped the truck by claiming to be a police officer and tried to rob it.
He was arrested Monday morning, August 24, in front of the Kanchpur Chandmahal cinema in the upazila.
Police recovered a police uniform jacket from him.
He was sent to court Monday afternoon.
According to police, Sub-Inspector Arifuzzaman of Sonargaon police station, acting on a tip, led Assistant Sub-Inspector Saiful Islam and accompanying officers in arresting the fake police officer, Hira Sheikh. Five other men wearing police uniforms fled the scene during the operation. Hira Sheikh faces 13 existing cases, including robbery and weapons charges, at Sonargaon and other police stations.
Hira Sheikh, who was arrested, is the son of the late Ali Akbar Sheikh, of the Patikhali area, Morrelganj police station, Bagerhat district.
Abdul Barik, officer-in-charge of Sonargaon police station, said police carried out the operation after receiving information about a robbery. One person was arrested while committing robbery dressed in a police uniform, he said, while five other men in police uniforms fled. Police are conducting an operation to arrest them, he said, adding that the arrested suspect had been sent to Narayanganj court.
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