Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested five people who operates teen gangs from Dhaka’s Mohammadpur area on Friday (February 09, 2024). The arrestees were identified as Zulfiker Ali, 37,a ringleader of the operator of teen gang of Jamalpur,  Harun-or Rashid, 38 of Mymensingh,  Shamsuddin Bepari, 48 of Bhola, Krishna Chandra Das, 28 of Munshiganj and Suruj Mia, 30 of Mymensingh districts. Tipped off, a team of Rab-3 conducted a drive in Mohammadia Housing Society and arrested the five people including ringleader Zulfiker who operate two teen gangs ‘Diamond’ and ‘De Dhakka’, on Friday night, said Azhar Hossain, assistant superintendent of police. Read: Subarnachar gang rape: Another accused arrested The elite force also seized one foreign made pistol, one magazine, two sharp weapons and seven knives from the possession. After primary interrogation, police came to know that they had long been involved in engaging drug addicts or teens in different criminal activities including arms and drug business, mugging, extortion, abduction, robbery and land occupation after alluring them of giving money, said Azhar. The teen members of Zulfiker’s gangs were involved in mugging. Read: 2 more arrested over rape on JU campus 

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested an illegal arms dealer and recovered four one-shooter guns from Tejgaon industrial area of the capital on Saturday.  The alleged arms dealer was identified as Md. Qayyum Mia, 35. He was also a transport helper.   Based on specific intelligence, RAB came to know that Md. Qayyum Mia, moonlighting as a transport helper on a bus plying the Dhaka-Mymensingh route, has been involved in illegal arms trading for a long time. RAB-3 increased its intelligence surveillance and started collecting information about Md. Qayyum Mia.  Read:DMP Commissioner, Rab DG promoted to grade-1 supernumerary positions Based on secret information, an operational team of the Rab-3 conducted a special operation in Tejgaon Industrial Area on Sunday morning and arrested Qayyum along with four one-shooter guns, said Additional SP Bina Rani Das of Rab-3 battalion headquarters.  During the preliminary interrogation, Qayyum said that he was secretly trading arms with miscreants and terrorists for the purpose of making money under the guise of a helper.