Three rescued from robbers' microbus
Police arrested three alleged robbers in Lolbaria area of Sadar Dakkhin upazila on Saturday night and rescued three people from their microbus.
Police said a gang of armed robbers in a microbus barricaded the Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Lalbag area of the upazila at midnight.
Identifying themselves as DB men they halted a Dhaka-bound covered van from Chittagong and took away cash and mobile phone sets from its two drivers -- Abul Qashem and M Alauddin and helper Masud.
Later, two of the gang members took control of the van loaded with plastic materials worth Tk 2 crore and fled away with the vehicle.
The rest five robbers forcibly took the two drivers and helper to the microbus and started for Lalmai hill but on the way at Lolbaria the victims raised a hue and cry.
Hearing their cry for help, a team of patrol police after a hot chase seized the microbus and arrested the robbers identified as Omar Faruque, 30, Mosharraf, 31, and Mizan, 30, while two others, Delwar and Wasim, managed to flee.
Later, police recovered the hijacked covered van in abandoned condition from near the Mohona CNG Filling Station in Daudkandi upazila.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel.
Comments