Police in Shreepur, Magura, detained seven people accused of posing as Criminal Investigation Department members and attempting to abduct a woman. The arrests were made around 1:50am on Tuesday night in Nakol Paschimpara of Nakol union, according to a briefing by Magura district police on Wednesday afternoon.

Police recovered four jackets marked “CID”, a toy pistol, a Noah microbus allegedly used for the attempted abduction, and eight mobile phones from the detainees. A patrol team from Nakol Police Camp received confidential information that a Noah microbus was moving suspiciously in the Nakol Paschimpara area.

The patrol team’s officer in charge, Sub-Inspector Abdul Malek, informed Magura Superintendent of Police Molla Azad Hossain. The superintendent ordered surveillance and directed Additional Superintendent of Police Thandar Khairul Hasan to verify the matter and take legal action. When police reached the location, the suspects tried to flee but were detained. Police said the seven initially admitted they had gone there to abduct a woman.