Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested five people from Sadar upazila in Brahmanbaria district on Thursday night for committing a robbery wearing police uniform.
Narsingdi additional police superintendent Saheb Ali confirmed the information at a press conference held at 11:30 am, Friday.
The arrested are Joinal Abedin, 48, Jahangir Alam, 50, Md Rajib, 33, and Shahjahan Miah, 60, hailed from Brahmanbaria district; and Nazir Ahmed, 58, hailed from Cumilla district.
A total of two sets of police uniform, a pair of handcuff, a police belt, some cash money and a car used in robbery were seized from their possessions, said Saheb Ali.
Earlier on June 16, the robbers, wearing police uniform, beat a trader of Bhairab upazila in Kishoreganj district named Akhter Hossain on the way when he was returning home riding on a motorcycle and took away Tk 27 lakh from him.
Delwar Hossain, brother of the victim, filed a case with Raipura Police Station.
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