93 suspected muggers arrested in 24 hours

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has launched a special operation to prevent mugging in the capital. A total of 93 muggers have been arrested from different areas of the capital in the last 24 hours.

Of the arrestees, the highest number of arrests were made from Lalbagh area.

DMP's additional police commissioner SN Md Nazrul Islam revealed the information in a press conference on Monday (December 23).

He said that these muggers were arrested after conducting raids in various areas in the capital. DMP's crime divisions arrested eight in the Ramna division, 14 in Motijheel, 26 in Lalbagh, 10 in Wari, 19 in Tejgaon, four in Mirpur, eight in Uttara and four in Gulshan division.

Legal proceedings against the arrested individuals were underway, he said.