, Sept. 3 -- Dhaka Metropolitan Detective Branch (DB) arrested nine people, including two brothers from the notorious 'Kobji Kata' gang on Wednesday, over a violent attack on a police officer in Shyamoli Housing, Adabor.

The arrested brothers were Md. Joni, 24, and Md. Roni, 27.

The other suspects included - Md. Osman, 20, Md. Nazir, 20, Md. Raju, 27, Md. Shakil, 19, Md. Abul Kamal Azad, 19, Md. Reju Khan Alam, 22, and Md. Al-Amin, 18.

Two sharp homemade weapons had also been recovered from their possession.

According to DB Tejgaon, the incident occurred on the night of September 1, around 8:25 pm, when police responded to a kidnapping report in the area while the kidnappers launched a sudden attack on the police and journalists using...