A team of the Rapid Action Battalion has recovered stolen underground cables and goods of Bangladesh Tele-
communications Company Limited from Gazipur.
The recovered cables and goods is estimated to be worth Tk 4 million, RAB-1 deputy director Mohammad Sohel said.
RAB acted on a tip off to raid Bhai Bhai Moulding Workshop in Bymile area under the sadar upazila on Sunday evening, said the officer. Five people were detained in connection with thefts.
The detainees are Mohammad Rahim Mallik, 45, Mohammad Mohin Islam, 20, Mohammad Hridoy Hasan, 24, Imran Ali, 20, and Sahidul Islam, 24.
Eight hundred and three metres of underground cables, 2,400 kilograms of melted cables, 17 copper plates, 90 kg GI cables, 753 kg insulation covers and other goods were recovered from their possession, said Sohel.
Source : New Age