Dhaka, March 5 -- Police have arrested three people for allegedly breaking into and vandalising a house in Dhaka's Gulshan.

Muhammad Talebur Rahman, deputy commissioner (media) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, said they were taken into custody shortly after the incident took place on Tuesday night.

The suspects have been identified as Jewel Khandakar, 48, his son Shakil Khandakar, 23, and Shakil Ahmed, 28. A gold ring and a necklace were recovered from the father-son duo.

According to Talebur, a mob of over 100 people broke into the apartment, belonging to former lawmaker Tanveer Imam's ex-wife, around midnight under the pretense of conducting an "investigation", claiming to have information about a large sum of money, illegal weapons, an...