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ARREST-BROKERS-RANGPUR (with picture)
Four brokers held in Rangpur
RANGPUR, April 25, 2021 (BSS) – Members of Detective Branch (DB) of Rangpur Metropolitan Police (RpMP) arrested four brokers from Rangpur Medical College Hospital (RpMCH) area in the metropolis on Saturday afternoon.
“The brokers were held while harassing and threatening patients who came to RpMCH, clinics and diagnostic centres for treatment,” Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (DB and Media) of RpMP Uttam Prasad Pathak told BSS today.
The arrested brokers are Shahid Hossain Babu, 35, of Dhap Jail Road area, Israil Hossain, 30, of Kakoli Lane area and Golam Kibria, 38, of Keranipara area under Kotwali Police Station of RpMP and Janab Ali, 55, of Goalu village in Gangachara upazila of Rangpur district.
There have been incidents of cheating and harassment of patients by the brokers at RpMCH premises and adjoining areas in the metropolis for a long time, Uttam Prasad said.
“Following such allegations, the DB police of RpMP conducted sudden raids and arrested the four, members of some organised gangs of brokers and fraudsters, red-handed from the area in the metropolis,” he added.
After filing a case against the arrested persons, the DB police handed them over to Kotwali Police Station today.
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