Police have arrested 99 people in separate anti-crime drives in different parts of the capital, including 95 by police from Tejgaon division areas and four by the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit from Jatrabari.
The Tejgaon division arrested 95 people during special drives in crime-prone areas under its jurisdiction on Saturday, according to a DMP press release.
Of them, 19 were arrested by Tejgaon Police Station, five by Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station, 23 by Mohammadpur Police Station, 32 by Adabor Police Station, four by Tejgaon Industrial Area Police Station and 12 by Hatirjheel Police Station.
In a separate operation, a CTTC team arrested four alleged members of a mugging gang from the Shanir Akhra area under Jatrabari Police Station at around 10:30am on Saturday.
The arrestees were identified as Md Roni, 29, Md Hridoy Gazi, 26, Rahim Hasan alias Yahia, 25, and Mohammad Faisal, 26.
According to CTTC sources, the arrests were made by a team of the City-Intelligence Analysis Division during a drive in Shanir Akhra.
Police said the four have cases filed against them with different police stations in the capital and elsewhere in the country over allegations including robbery, banditry and theft.Legal action has been taken against the arrested individuals.
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