Staff Reporter:
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) yesterday arrested five transport extortionists from Demra and south Keraniganj areas in the city.
The arrested were identified Md. Chan Mia, 40, Md. Liton, 50, Md. Sumon, 42, Sonjit Chandra Das, 38, and Md. Al Amin, 22, said MJ Sohel, assistant superintendent of police (ASP) and assis-tant director (Media) of RAB-10.
Acting on a tip-off, a team of the RAB-10 conducted separate drives in Demra and south Kerani-ganj areas in the capital and nabbed them around 11.30 am, he added.
ASP Sohel further said that the extortionists were illegally collecting money from various trans-ports including inter-district trucks, covered-vans, lorries and CNG-run auto-rickshaws.
The RAB also recovered extortion money worth Taka 7,200 and four wooden sticks from their pos-session, he said, adding: “Necessary legal action has been taken against them and they have been handed over to respective police stations.”
