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SIRAJGANJ, May 27, 2025 (BSS) - Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has 
arrested ringleader of a robber gang Nur Islam, the main accused in a murder 
case of police constable Rafiqul Islam, said a press release of RAB-12 this 
afternoon.

Earlier, he was arrested from Deobhog Banglabazar area of Narayanganj 
district in the evening of May 26. 

The arrested Md. Nur Islam, 31, is a resident of Dhapsukhangari village under 
Dupchanchia upazila in Bogura district.

RAB said, on the late night of April 24, a group of robbers robbed a cattle 
trader's pickup van and six cows in Basakhanpur area of Tangail district. 

During the time, several patrol teams of Jamuna Bridge West Police Station in 
Sirajganj tried to stop them as they were heading towards North Bengal after 
the robbery, the sources added. 

At that time, the robbers drove their vehicle at high speed and hit a police 
constable who later died on April 27 while undergoing treatment at Ibne Sina 
Hospital in Dhaka. 

On the evening of May 26, a joint team of RAB-12 and RAB-11 arrested the 
robber gang leader Md. Nur Islam from the Deobhog Banglabazar area of 
Narayanganj based on secret information.

The arrested has been handed over to Jamuna Bridge West Police Station in 
Sirajganj for further legal action, the RAB added.