3 criminals using DB identities held

Staff Correspondent
Detective Branch personnel yesterday arrested three men who used to cheat people with fake DB identities, handcuffs and police sticker at South Sayadabad in the city. The criminals -- Motaleb Hossain alias Don, 37, Enamul Huq alias Enam, 46, and Jasim Uddin, 45 -- used to make fraud arrests of businessmen in disguise of detective police and realise money from them. At a DB office press briefing, officials said the criminals, arrested with a microbus, managed the handcuffs from the city's Polwell Market where police equipment and uniform are available for sale. DB (south) Deputy Commissioner Monirul Islam said several criminal gangs at Sayadabad are doing the same crime, and detectives are trying to arrest the other gangs active in the city.