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FAKE-DB-ARREST (with picture)
Fake DB man held with microbus in Rajshahi
RAJSHAHI, April 17, 2021 (BSS)- Police detained a fake Detective Branch (DB) man from Kasiadanga area on Rajshahi-Chapinawabganj highway in Rajshahi city last night.
Police said the arrested person was identified as Masum Hossain, 30, son of Amir Hossain of Borokuthi area in the city.
Police said the arrested person in connivance with three others who introduced themselves as DB men held a bKash agent with Taka two lakh in cash at gunpoint and handcuffed him from his grocery shop at Gogram Pujatala village under Godagari Upazila.
They have been taking the hostage to an unknown destination with the microbus.
On receipt the information, police halted the microbus through setting up a check post at Kasiadanga crossing.
Sensing the police presence three of the gang members fled away.
Police in the drive arrested Masum Hossain who was driving the microbus and rescued the grocery cum bKash agent trader Muhammad Abdullah, 30, from the microbus.
They also seized the microbus, said Ruhul Quddus, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Rajshahi Metropolitan Police.
Efforts are on to recover the money and arrest the rest miscreants, the sources said.
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