9 'criminals' nabbed in Mohakhali

Tipped off about a secret meeting, Tejgaon police managed to catch some listed local criminals including Bhutto and Ibrahim Khalil from the rooftop of a residential building at around 10:00pm.

However, the miscreants were found to possess no firearms.

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The other arrestees are Abdur Razzak alias Chanchal, Masud, Mohiuddin, Afzal Hossain alias Emon, Ali Mithu, Habibur Rahman and Sohel.

Police produced them before the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court, Dhaka yesterday and filed a petition for seven-day remand each.

According to police, Bhutto is accused in 13 criminal cases, four of which are with the Kafrul Police Station, four with Mirpur, four with the Joydevpur Police Station in Gazipur and one with Kotwali.

Meanwhile, Ibrahim allegedly shot dead one Kazi Arif at Kafrul on June 27, 2001, snatched arrestee Shah Alam from police on September 29, 2000 and kidnapped one Selim on October 30, 1999.

He is an accused in 12 criminal cases with the Cantonment and with the Kafrul and Tejgaon Police Stations.