Police in Srinagar upazila of Munshiganj recovered 11,788 liters of stolen soybean oil and arrested two members of an inter-district robbery gang three days after the incident. The arrests were made through a special operation based on information technology and CCTV footage analysis. A covered van and a pickup truck used in the robbery were also recovered.

The arrested suspects were identified as Goni Mia, 28, from Hemayetpur, Savar, and Abhi Rahman, 28, from Kadamtali, Dhaka. According to police, efforts are ongoing to apprehend other members of the gang. The robbery occurred early on July 9 when armed assailants hijacked a covered van carrying soybean oil from Meghna Edible Oil Industries Limited, a subsidiary of Meghna Group, on the Dhaka-Mawa service road.

Following the filing of a case with Srinagar Police Station, a special team from the district detective branch launched an operation. The stolen oil was recovered from a shed in Shariatpur and a ground-floor warehouse at Imran Hossain’s house in Solghar Union, Srinagar.