Detectives and RAB members arrested 11 people including five sacked members of law enforcement agencies in connection with the robbery in Dhaka’s Mohammadpur Beribadh area. Police arrested three suspected robbers from different parts of the capital on Sunday, said Talebur Rahman, DC (media) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP). The identities of the arrestees have not been disclosed yet. Police also recovered Tk 2.20 lakh in cash, two sets of mobile phone and gold ornaments from their possession, he said. Man arrested over Tk 17 lakh swindled in fake insurance scam Earlier, in the day, members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested eight people including five members of law enforcement agencies, dismissed from their posts at different times, in connection with the robbery. RAB teams conducted drives in different parts of the capital on Sunday and arrested them, said Lieutenant Colonel Munim Ferdous, director of Rab Law and Media department. They also seized Tk 7 lakh, one microbus used for robbery and a gold jewelry from their possession, he said. However, they are now interrogating over the robbery and after that the arrestees will be handed over to police. Earlier in the day, a case was filed in connection with the robbery at a house posing as members of the Bangladesh Army and Rapid Action Battalion(RAB)  in Mohammadpur Beribadh area early Saturday. A group of 15 to 20 people wearing uniforms of the army and the RAB entered  ‘Haji Vila’ owned by Abu Bakkar Siddik around 3:30am, the house owner said. “Holding my two hands, they asked me to surrender my arms. I told them that I deposited those to the police station, I don’t have arms. They searched the entire house and looted Tk 85.50 lakh in cash, 70 tolas of gold and some mobile phone sets,” he said.

Saying drugs are coming from neighbouring countries, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan today (September 13, 2022) explained that government and law enforcement alone cannot eradicate drugs and sought help from all sections of society. The minister was talking to reporters after inaugurating the Rajshahi Police Liberation War Memorial Museum in Rajshahi Police Lines. The home minister also said that presence of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) along Myanmar border has been strengthened. Read: Warned Myanmar against firing shots towards Bangladesh, says Home Minister “Myanmar government is at war with the Arakan Army, and that’s why a few mortar shells landed on the Bangladeshi side recently. Foreign Ministry has protested the incident. We have strengthened BGB forces patrolling along the Myanmar border, and it is expected that firing in the border area will end soon,” he said. Earlier, on September 10, Asaduzzaman said that the government has asked Myanmar to refrain from firing shots towards the Bangladesh border. Replying to a question over the attack on journalists at Rajshahi Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA) office, the minister said, “Those who were involved in the incident will be brought to book. No one will be spared in this connection.” Read: Bangladesh wants discussion to avert border tension with Myanmar: Foreign Secretary Noting the contribution of police during the Liberation War in Rajshahi region, the minister said the museum was built to conserve their memories. Bangladesh will never forget their contributions, he added. Later, Asaduzzaman also unveiled a book titled ‘Muktijuddhe Rajshahi Police’ and joined in an anti-narcotic and anti-terrorism discussion.

Underlining the need for democratic practice to contain social ills, BNP standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy said the nation will not get rid of the degradation in society without empowering people, even if their party returns to power.

BNP senior leader Gayeshwar Chandra Roy on Wednesday said the there is no let-up in rape incidents in the country even after making the death sentence as the punishment for the heinous crime lacks in enforcement.