Police arrested an alleged robber leader along with arms and bullets at Nakol village in
Sreepur upazila early Monday.
The arrestee was identified as Hanef Sheikh, 42, leader of an inter-district robber gang
and son of Shukur sheikh of the village.
Being tipped off that a gang of robbers was preparing to commit robbery, a team of
Sreepur police station conducted a drive in the area and arrested Hanef at around 2.00am,
said Officer-in-Charge Biplab Kumar Nath of the police station.
Police also recovered a shutter gun and bullets from his possession.
The OC also said that Hanef Sheikh has several cases filed with different police stations
of the district, including for robbery, murder and rape. -UNB, Magura
