Police have arrested eight members of an inter-district robbery gang over a robbery in Nawabganj, Dinajpur, in which a tree was felled across the road. Two looted laptops, six mobile phones and other items were recovered.
The district police announced this in a press release on Tuesday morning, 20 October.
Those arrested are Shakil Sarkar, 26, and Ruhul Amin, 35, of Sadullapur upazila in Gaibandha; Rashed Mia alias Rashedul, 30, Rabiul Pradhan alias Rubel, 35, Saju Mia, 53, and Ariful Islam alias Chairman, 42, of Pirganj upazila in Rangpur; Shahin Mia, 30, of Gobindaganj upazila in Gaibandha; and Miraj Mia, 26, of Pirganj upazila in Rangpur. They were arrested in raids in various parts of Rangpur division.
The press release said the robbery took place between 2:15am and 2:40am on 12 October in the Jamalpur area of the Nawabganj-Bhaduria road in Nawabganj upazila, after the road was blocked with a felled tree. A Sundarban Courier Service covered van, a private car, a pickup carrying vegetables and a vehicle carrying chickens were caught in it.
A case was filed at Nawabganj police station against 12 to 13 unnamed people. Police then identified and arrested eight members of the gang in raids across Rangpur division.
Police said that on information from those arrested, they recovered two HP laptops, five smartphones of the Infinix, Oppo, Vivo, Honor and Samsung brands, and a Maxtel button phone. A saw and a sickle used to cut the tree were also recovered. District police said legal action against those arrested is under way.
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