Criminal held with firearm, bombs
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested a suspected criminal with a firearm, three improvised bombs, two bullets and Tk 2 lakh when he went to collect tolls from a medicine market near Mitford Hospital in the capital yesterday.
The arrestee, Mohammad Shaheen, is a member of local criminal gang 'Kamal Group' that blasted three bombs in front of Momtaj Market on Thursday night, local traders said.
The gang members demanded Tk 2 lakh from each of at least 10 traders a few days ago, the traders said, adding that when they informed Rab-10 of it, the elite force told one of the traders to agree to meet the gang's demand.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. "As Shaheen went to the MS Traders to collect Tk 2 lakh, our men in plainclothes caught him red-handed," said a Rab official.
Rab also seized two mobile sets and five SIM cards from Shaheen, 35. Rab was interrogating him as of 8:30pm yesterday.
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