Jubo Dal leader expelled for 'snatching'

They are upazila Jubo Dal President Arif Ahmed and party activist Mahabub. The decision was taken at a party meeting on Monday, party sources said.

An armed gang allegedly led by Arif and Mahabub on gunpoint snatched Tk 2.60 lakh on Saturday from Arjun Saha, a flour mill owner in Jessore when he was standing near Dhansiri restaurant at Kaliganj upazila headquarters after collecting the money from the retailers, police and witnesses said.

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A case has been filed in this connection with Kaliganj police station accusing Arif, Mahabub and another person.

Police on Sunday recovered Tk 47,000 from family members of Arif and Tk 1.17 lakh from Mahabub's family. They however could not arrest them.