Prothom Alo
A daring robbery took place on Wednesday morning at a six-story building in an alley near Viqarunnisa School on Road no. 8 in Dhanmondi, Dhaka.
A group of miscreants, identifying them as members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), overpowered and tied up security personnel before looting a jewelry shop and several business establishments within the building.
The robbers looted approximately Tk 3.5 million in cash along with gold ornaments. At one point, they also attacked the police.
The police managed to arrest four suspects from the scene: Farhad bin Mosharraf, 33, Yasin Hasan, 22, Mobasher Ahmed, 23, and Wakil Mahmud, 26.
Later, on Thursday, two more suspects, Abdullah, 32, and Sumon, 29, were apprehended. However, some members of the gang managed to escape after assaulting police officers.
According to law enforcement officials, three of the arrested individuals are university students.
A police officer stated that the suspects are active members of an organised gang that carries out robberies while impersonating members of law enforcement and intelligence agencies. Three of the arrested individuals are students of a private university.
Police have seized several items used in the robbery, including two black jackets and three black caps with “RAB” inscribed on them, a microbus, five mobile phones, an iron chisel, and an old red sniper rifle.
