Munshiganj, Dec. 11 -- Police have arrested five people, including a police sub-inspector, a TV journalist and a Krishak League leader, over a major gold robbery on the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway in Gajaria upazila of Munshiganj.

Police also recovered about 95 bhori gold, Tk 13.5 lakh, a microbus, police uniforms, handcuffs and a walkie-talkie.

Superintendent of Police Md Menhajul Alam said, "The robbery took place on December 7. Two gold traders were travelling by bus from Dhaka to Chattogram when robbers wearing police uniforms stopped them. The robbers handcuffed them, took them off the bus and forced them into a microbus."

The victims were beaten, and the gang looted 145 bhori gold ornaments, two mobile phones, cash, two ATM cards an...