RAB nab six robbery suspects in N'ganj

NARAYANGANJ, Aug 26, (UNB): Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) said on Friday they arrested six members of an alleged inter-district robbery gang including its kingpin.

They were arrested while preparing for robbery in Purbobhabnathpur area under Sonargaon upazila.

The elite force also recovered a foreign pistol, one round of bullet, one Chinese axe and locally made other sharp weapons from the possession of the arrestees during the drive, said a press release signed by Lieutenant Colonel Tanvir Mahmud Pasha, commandant of the RAB-11.

The arrestees are leader Shakawat Hossain Rony (25) and his accomplices Md Sohail (32), Md Shahidul Islam (26), Al Amin (23), Md Ismail (38), and Sujoy Dey (30).

Acting on a tip-off, a team of the elite force conducted a drive and arrested them, said the press release

In the preliminary interrogation, the men confessed to committing robberies at two places of Araihazar upazila in the district on April 6 and 24 this year.

Ringleader Rony admitted that he used to introduce himself as grandmaster of Kachpur's 'Bandhu Dance Academy' and staged dance on several functions including weddings and birthdays.