5 'molom party' men held in Faridpur

Gang loots house in Pabna making inmates unconscious

3 November 2009, 17:00 PM

Star National Desk

Police arrest five criminals, known as molom party men, in C&B ghat area of Faridpur Town yesterday.Photo: STAR

Police yesterday arrested five criminals known as molom party men in C&B ghat area of Faridpur town while a gang made four of a family unconscious by mixing poison in their food and looted gold ornaments and other valuables from their house in Santhia upazila of Pabna district on Sunday night. The arrested molom party men are Sabuj Hawlader, 38, of Patuakhali, Siraj Mia, 50, of Manikganj, Hanif Hawlader, 48, and Md Jalaluddin, 55,of Shariatpur, and Harun ur Rashid, 65,of Munshiganj district, reports our Faridpur correspondent. Acting on tip-off, Kotwali police raided Siddik's Boarding in C&B ghat area at around 4:00pm and arrested the five. Officer-in charge (OC) of Kotwali police station said the culprits were holding a meeting at the boarding for conducting operation at Tepakhola cattle market under Sadar upazila. Siraj Mia, one of the arrestees, said they have strong networks at Daualtdia - Aricha ferry ghat and at diffrent cattle markets of Faridpur, Rajbari , Barisal and other parts of the country. In Pabna, a gang made four members of a family unconscious and looted ornaments and other valuables worth Tk 2 lakh from their house at Bonogram village in Santhia upazila on Tuesday night, according to our correspondent. Police suspected that the gang secretly entered kitchen of Jahangir Ali's house and mixed poison in food items. After taking meal, Jahangir, 35, his wife Beauty, 20, daughter Shapna and son Rafique became unconscious. Taking advantage of the situation, the gang took away gold ornaments, mobile phone sets and other valuables from the house, police added. As neighbours found the four lying unconscious yesterday morning, they informed the police who rushed the victims to Pabna General Hospital.