Forest robber arrested

Police arrested three alleged forest robbers from Padma Sluice Ghat area in Pathorghata upazila of Barguna district early yesterday.

The arrestees are Abdul Halim Khan, 35, Md Sahid Mollah, 36, and Md Rubel, 32, of Padma village in the upazila. They are the active members of Master Bahini, a Sundarbans-based robber gang.

The law enforcers arrested the three when they were selling token among fishermen, said SM Ziaul Haque, officer-in-charge of Pathorghata Police Station.

The gang introduced a token and sold it to fishermen for Tk 25,000 to Tk 50,000, assuring them of safety.