Five suspected members of a robbery gang were arrested in the early hours of Friday during a drive by Rapid Action Battalion (Rab)  at the Galachipa area in Patuakhali. The arrestees are- Md Khalil Jamaddar,50, the main coordinator of the gang, Md Mahtab Peda,33, Md Jamal Akand, 36, Md Masum alias Monsur Khalifa, 46, and Md Minaj Khan, said Rab in a press release issued on Friday. Read: UP poll violence: 8 looted EVMs looted in Patuakhali recovered The pirates were arrested over recent incidents of robbery, abduction of fishing boats at Patharghata, Barguna, and Patuakhali area, it said.

Police arrested 10 suspected members of a robber gang from Hamirdi village in Bhanga upazila of Faridpur on Saturday afternoon.

Members of Bangladesh Police have arrested two ‘robbers’ and covered robbed items at Beroil-Polita union of Magura Sadar Upazila on Saturday noon.