Schoolboys held for 'mugging'

According to police, eight youngsters intercepted an autotempo and a rickshaw van on the road and snatched money from the passengers.

As the passengers raised a hue and cry, people from nearby areas came and caught six of them. Two managed to flee. The six were handed over to police.

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The arrested alleged muggers hail from different villages in Kalihati upazila. They are students of class IX and X at Ichapur Sher-e-Bangla High School in the upazila.

Police recovered Tk. 3,000 and a wristwatch from them.

The rickshaw van driver, Mohammad Ali, filed a case with Kalihati police station under the Speedy Trial Act, police said.

Kalihati police produced the boys before court yesterday. The court sent them to jail.