The Dhaka Metropolitan Police have arrested eight men in connection with a robbery incident, impersonating members of the Rapid Action Battalion.
They were held on July 31 during a drive conducted after a gold trader, Ranjan Chandra Singha, had filed a case with the Shahbagh police on that day.
DMP deputy commissioner for Ramna division Md Masud Alam disclosed the information at a press briefing on Saturday.
The arrested were identified as Mintu Halder, 42, Md Nazmul Hasan, 32, Nirmal Halder, 37, Salauddin, 35, Md Delwar Hossain Sikder, 55, Syed Shamim Hossain, 45, Pavitra Pal, 38, and Balaram Chandra Pal, 37, all members of an organised robbery gang, according to the police.
Victim Ranjan Chandra Singha was walking near the Bangladesh Secretariat Metro Rail Station around 2:55pm on July 28.
At that time several men in RAB uniform approached him and attempted to force him into a white microbus.
In an attempt to flee, the victim threw his bag containing Tk 4 lakh in cash and 11 bhari of gold ornaments onto the road. The assailants pushed him aside, grabbed the bag, and fled the scene, the DMP deputy commissioner said.
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