Police in a drive arrested 10 suspected robbers after a robbery attempt in a multipurpose building in Gulshan-2 of the capital early Saturday.
Sub-inspector Rafique, duty officer of Gulshan Police Station, said a group of robbers, riding on 50 motorbikes and two vehicles, stormed into the Finance Square Building around 1 am and held the security guards hostage at gunpoint.
On information, a team of joint forces rushed to the spot and encircled it.
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Later, the joint forces arrested 10 robbers while the others managed to flee the scene.
The building houses Padma Bank, Exim Bank and some other private organisations.