7 ‘muggers’ arrested in Ctg
Police today claimed arrest seven alleged muggers during a drive near Ispahani Intersection of Lalkhan Bazar in Chittagong city.
The arrestees were identified as Rafiqul Islam, 22, Sajjad Hossain, 20, Prince Das Shuvo, 19, Selim Hossain Apu, 22, Md Sabuj, 22, Nurunnabi Hossain Tuhin, 21, and Mainuddin Reja, 19, reports our Chittagong correspondent.
All the arrestees reside at Lalkhan Bazar Motijharna area in the port city, police said.
Contacted, Jasim Uddin, officer-in-charge (OC) of Kotwali Police Station, said a man was mugged at Ispahani Intersection on his way to home by a rickshaw at around 5:30am.
The man notified a patrolling police team immediately and Kotwali police launched a prompt drive, he said. “They (the muggers) confessed to have carried out the snatching.”
Police recovered four knives, a mobile phone set and Tk one thousand from their possession, said the OC. Filing of a case was under process with the police station in this connection.
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