Feni Correspondent: Dhaka, Aug-11,

Six sleuths of the detective branch of Feni police were arrested on Tuesday night for allegedly robbing a businessman of 20 gold bars worth Tk 1.24 crore.

Some 15 of the 20 looted gold bars have been recovered from the possession of the accused, police said on Wednesday.

Those arrested have been identified as detective branch officer-in-charge Saiful Islam, three sub-inspectors -- Motaher Hossain, Mizanur Rahman and Nurul Haque -- and two assistant sub-inspectors, Avijit Barua and Masud Rana.            

Khandaker Nurunnabi, superintendent of Feni police, said the arrests were made in the wake of a complaint against them by businessman Gopal Kanti Das.

As per the complaint, the six detectives intercepted Gopal's car on the road under Fatehpur flyover on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway while he was on his way to Dhaka with 20 gold bars on August 8.

Later, the accused sleuths looted the gold bars from Gopal and left the spot.

On Tuesday, Gopal approached the SP of Feni police and a subsequent investigation found the six policemen prima facie guilty of robbery. They were arrested around 11.30pm.

A robbery case has been filed against the six at the Feni model police station.

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