Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) Friday said they arrested 25 members, including the mastermind, of an "organised mugging gang" during separate raids at different areas of the capital on Thursday night. Several teams of Rab-3 conducted drives at different spots in the capital's Motijheel, Shahbagh, Sabujbagh, Mugda, Wari, Khilgaon and Shahjahanpur and arrested the muggers. Sharp weapons, cash, and mobile phones were seized from the arrestees during the drives, Rab said. "During interrogation, the arrestees said they lurk in the alleys of the capital. They mug pedestrians, rickshaw and auto-rickshaw passengers, brandishing arms and sharp weapons," Bina Rani Das, operations officer of Rab-3, said. Legal action was taken against the arrestees, she added. Read: 31 members of mugging gang arrested in capital: Rab The muggers are active in and around Khilgaon, Malibagh Rail Gate, Dainik Bangla intersection, Pir Jangi Mazar crossing, Kamalapur Battala, Motijheel Calvert Road, Nasirertek of Hatirjheel, Shahbagh, Gulbagh, Rajuk crossing, UBL crossing, Paltan intersection, Golap Shah Mazar crossing, High Court crossing, Abdul Gani Road, Maniknagar Stadium, Nandipara Bridge, and Basabo crossing from evening till dawn. Rab-3 arrested more than 200 hundred muggers in 58 drives conducted against them in the last six months, Bina said.

Five cops have been hospitalised after being brutally stabbed by a mugger at a police station in the Fulbaria area of Dhaka, officials said on Thursday. The injured have been identified as sub-inspector Robi Ahsan, assistant sub-inspector Tajul Islam, and constables -- Nazrul Islam, Sajeeb and Shafiqul.  Read:Youth stabbed on eve of wedding in Shariatpur: Accused injured in mob beating They are being treated at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH). Constable Nazrul's condition is said to be critical, a police officer said. "We detained two muggers -- Emon, 22, and Jewel, 23 -- from the city's Fulbaria area on Wednesday night. While frisking them at the gate of Bangshal police station, Emon whiffed out a knife and stabbed the five indiscriminately,” said SI Mosarraf Hussain. They were all rushed to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH), where Nazrul is currently battling for his life, the officer said.

A 25-year-old youth was stabbed to death allegedly by a mugger at Karwan Bazar in the city's Tejgaon area on Tuesday night. Police have not yet established the identity of the deceased. Read:Minor mugger stabs teen to death in city According to cops, the mugger tried to snatch the youth’s cell phone in front of Prince Hotel in Karwan Bazar. But when the youth resisted the snatching bid, the mugger stabbed him, leaving him seriously injured. Locals rushed the youth to Suhrawardy Medical College and Hospital. He was subsequently shifted to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital, where doctors declared him dead on arrival. Read:College student stabbed dead by mugger in city Md Bachchu Mia, inspector at DMCH police camp, said that the body has been kept at the hospital morgue for an autopsy. Tejgaon police were also informed about the crime, the inspector added.

Dhaka, Sept 25 (UNB) – A suspected mugger was killed and another injured in a reported gunfight with Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members in the city’s Hatirpool area early Wednesday.