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148 armed extortionists active across city, concentrated at crime hotspots

Tk 200 collected daily from shops on the pavement, monthly payments from leguna (human hauler), bus and truck terminals, and regular extortion from markets, construction projects and illegal utility connections in slums — behind this visible layer of extortion in the capital lies another far more dangerous network, professional armed criminals. According to police records, around 148 armed criminals are actively involved in extortion across Dhaka. Some of these armed men are members of local...

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Badda, Dhaka, Dhaka
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148 armed extortionists active across city, concentrated at crime hotspots Tk 200 collected daily from shops on the pavement, monthly payments from leguna (human hauler), bus and truck terminals, and regular extortion from markets, construction projects and illegal utility connections in slums — behind this visible layer of extortion in the capital lies another far more dangerous network, professional armed criminals. According to police records, around 148 armed criminals are actively involved in extortion across Dhaka. Some of these armed men are members of local cri Source: Prothom Alo English https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/crime-and-law/2gz6xekz8i

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