Police-raid

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) detained 23 people from a mosque in Tejgaon in the capital on suspicion of militancy. They were arrested at around 4:15 pm Friday. Ibn Mizan, deputy commissioner (DC) of the DMP’s Tejgaon division, told Agamir Somoy that they were detained after police conducted a raid based on intelligence that a secret meeting was taking place at the mosque. A senior DMP official claimed that the detainees are active members of the banned organisation ‘Iftihadul Al Islam...

Police from the District Detective Branch (DB) have arrested three members of an organized robbery gang with locally made weapons and various tools while they were allegedly preparing for a robbery in Joypurhat. They were arrested around noon Wednesday from the Chokshyam Bridge area in Dogachhi Union of the district. The arrested men were Rayhan Hossain (26), son of Mozafor Hossain of Chokshyam village in Dogachhi Union; Saidul Islam (38), son of the late Akbar Ali of East Dhanmondi area...

Four people, including two women, have been arrested in Gobindaganj of Gaibandha on charges of producing pornography. Police said they recorded videos on mobile phones and distributed them on the internet. Mobile phones and various equipment allegedly used in producing pornographic content were seized during the arrests. The arrests were made at around 4:30 pm Saturday from the Hirak Para area of Buzruk Boalia in Gobindaganj municipality. A case has been filed with Gobindaganj Police Stat...