Dhaka, Jan. 31 -- The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested three suspects of a mugging incident in which they attempted to snatch Tk 450,000 from a cattle trader at Rampura in the capital.

The arrestees are: Ismail Hossain alias Ismail Sardar (37), Raihan alias Ismail Mollah (26), and Md Hasan Arfi (27).

The cattle trader, Nabi Hossain, was returning to his home at Badda in a pickup truck along with his associates after selling cows at Gabtoli cattle market in the city early Thursday.

Muggers followed him in a white mini truck and intercepted the pickup truck near Better Life Hospital at Rampura attempting to snatch money by making death threats.

However, locals and the on-duty DB police members from Motijheel z...