, Jan. 31 -- Munshiganj Police on Friday said they have arrested three people in connection with a staged robbery in which Tk 10 lakh sent by an expatriate was stolen.

Tk 1 lakh has been recovered so far, and a motorcycle used in the fake robbery has been seized.

The arrested are Shahjalal Haldar alias Saha, 38, Khokon Haldar, 32, and Iqbal Hossain, 30.

Munshiganj Superintendent of Police Md. Menhazul Alam said in a press briefing on Friday that on December 28, Shahjalal Haldar withdrew the money sent by expatriate Kaiyum Khan from City Bank at Rikabi Bazar, Munshiganj Sadar. He then left for Serajabad in Tongibari Upazila with his wife and the expatriate's sister, Halima Begum, on a battery-powered rickshaw.

Police said that near Ris...