Dhaka, May 7 -- Five people posing themselves as detectives were detained while committing a robbery on Dhaka-Nawabganj road under Keraniganj model police station of Dhaka district on Tuesday night.

A microbus, looted cash, a toy pistol, handcuffs, and a walkie-talkie were recovered from their possessions, as per a UNB report.

According to witnesses, the fraud detectives boarded a passenger bus of 'Nabokoli Paribahan' from a microbus in Rohitpur area around 10:30 pm and physically assaulted a gold trader.

At one stage, the miscreants tried to pick him up in a microbus.

But the passengers intervened and tried to detain the microbus while one of the passengers called the national emergency helpline 999.

Responding to the call, a police...