Bangladesh, Sept. 4 -- Police have arrested seven members of a gang accused of robbing people across Dhaka by posing as plainclothes detectives.

Md Masud Alam, deputy commissioner of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police's Ramna Division, said the suspects were detained in Gulistan's Golap Shah Mazar area around 9pm on Wednesday.

The arrested men were identified as Deen Islam, also known as Kausar Ahmed, 35, Kamal Howlader, 35, Abdur Rahman Howlader, 37, Mehedi Hasan, also known as Hasan, 38, Babul Howlader, 38, Ramiz Talukder, 35, and Jannatul Ferdous, 22.

Police recovered a microbus, two jackets bearing DB insignia, two walkie-talkies, a fake police ID card, two pairs of handcuffs, two toy pistols, two pocket routers, six Android phones, six...