Bdbusinessdaily.com – A brazen armed robbery that stripped a victim of Tk38 lakh in one of Dhaka’s most affluent residential enclaves has ended in the detention of nine suspects, a development that has drawn sharp attention to the growing involvement of former uniformed personnel in organized criminal activity across the capital. The incident, which took place in the Dhanmondi area of the city, prompted a swift police operation that culminated in the roundup of an alleged gang operating under the cover of intimidation and firepower.

Dhanmondi, long regarded as a symbol of upper-middle-class and elite living in Bangladesh’s capital, is home to senior bureaucrats, military officers, academics, and business figures. A cash heist of nearly Tk38 lakh — a sum that would take an average Dhaka worker several years of wages to accumulate — struck at the neighborhood’s reputation for relative safety and prompted an immediate, high-visibility response from the…