Four arrested after machete-point robbery in Dhaka's Mohammadpur

Police have arrested four people after a machete-wielding gang robbed a passerby in broad daylight in Dhaka's Mohammadpur area. The incident took place around midday on Saturday on Bosila’s 40 Feet Road. CCTV footage of the attack later circulated widely on Facebook, prompting the police into swift action. Assistant Commissioner Mehedi Hasan of Dhaka Metropolitan Police's Mohammadpur Zone said The four suspects, identified by their first names as Azharul, Noman, Nasim and Jashim, were detained along with the stolen mobile phone. Police identified them as members of a local gang known as the “Mahi Group”. “We have arrested four people along with the mobile phone that was snatched at machete-point,” Hasan said Efforts were under way to track down other...