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Published : 17 Jun 2026, 08:01 PM
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested six more people, including “notorious criminal” Excel Babu, in connection with the stabbing of a mobile financial service (MFS) agent during a robbery and an attack on police in Dhaka’s Adabor.
The arrests were made during drives in Mohammadpur and Mirpur’s Pirerbagh, officials disclosed at a press briefing held at the RAB Media Centre in Karwan Bazar on Wednesday.
One of the key detainees was identified as Farid Ahmed Babu, alias Excel Babu, whom RAB labels a "top criminal" operating in Mohammadpur.
The five other suspects are Abu Sayeed, Rashed Khondokar, Md Liton, Md Tausif, and Md Tarikul Islam.
RAB-2 Commander Additional Deputy Inspector General Naimul Hasan said at the briefing that Sayeed, during interrogation, identified himself as the “second in command” of the “Kobjikata Anwar” group, adding that Babu was also a mentor figure linked to Anwar.
They have “confessed” to running robbery and criminal activities, he said.
The elite force also recovered a motorcycle and katana, used by Samurais in historic Japan, from the possession of the arrestees.
The criminal sequence began on Tuesday morning when muggers hacked an MFS agent in Adabor and fled with a sum of money.
Later that afternoon, when a police team went on a raid to catch the suspects, the criminals turned on the law enforcers, striking the Adabor Police chief and a sub-inspector with sharp cleavers.
In self-defence, police opened fire, injuring two suspects at the scene.
Four individuals -- identified only as Rubel, Kashem, Amir, and Joy -- were detained by the police directly from the spot on Tuesday.
Among them, Amir and Rubel suffered bullet wounds during the police firing.
With the latest RAB operation, the total number of detentions in connection with the incidents has risen to 10.
