The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

Two RAB members, arrested by Police of Sabujbagh areas with looted foreign currencies at the city's Paltan area, were sent to jail yesterday.

Police and locals of Sabujbagh caught two members of Rab-3 Wednesday as they were fleeing after looting foreign currencies and other valuables from a money exchange organization at the city's Paltan area.

The two RAB members caught were identified as Faruq Hossain and Kamal Hossain.

Police recovered US$ 1,200, Saudi Riyal 2,400 and Tk.5,000 two mobile phones and RAB uniforms from the Noah microbus the plain-clothed RAB men were riding.

They picked Ali Imam, owner of the money exchange from the Wills Little Flowers at Paltan, and an employee of the adjoining office of Ema International, blindfolded them and forced them to get on the microbus.

According to Reyas an employee of the money exchange organization, the RAB men were trying to flee with the looted goods leaving them near the Khilgaon flyover. But as he cried for help, Sabujbagh police and several hundred locals chased the law enforcers and caught them.

Farid Ahmed, officer-in-charge of Paltan Police Station, told the New Nation that Reyas filed a case against the accused persons in this connection.

RAB-3 chief Lt Col Mohammad Zakir Hossain Bhuiyan told this correspondent that the accused two persons would be punished as per general law of the land and the departmental law.