Nine cow lifters held
Police, in a special drive on Saturday night, arrested nine cow lifters along with six cows and a truck at Kandapara village in Salanga upazila. The arrestees are Saiful Islam, 40, Shahidul Islam, 37, Aslam, 42, Sumon, 30, Asad, 35, Sagar, 32, Salam, 35, Jhantu, 38, and Milon, 28. They hailed from Kandapara, Masimpur and Islampur villages of the upazila. Police said an organised gang took away six cows from Deobhog village on Friday night. Later, acting on secret information, they raided a house and arrested Saiful, the gang leader. As per his confessional statement, the law enforcers arrested the other members of the gang and recovered the cows. They also seized the stolen truck from their possession.
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