"We recovered the phone on Sunday night. Five people were arrested in connection with the incident,” Sazzadur Rahman, a deputy commissioner of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police, told bdnews24.com. One of the policemen escorting the minister pursued the thief but could not catch him. On Jun 1, a case was filed with Kafrul Police Station over the incident. ASM Mahtab Uddin, a DMP deputy commissioner, later said a “drug addict” was identified as the culprit.

Source: bd News24 July 19, 2021 07:41 UTC