A mobile court has arrested 26 teenagers and young men from the Dhaka’s Mugda and Manda areas over crimes, including mugging and drug peddling.
Twenty-three of them have been sentenced to a three-month imprisonment.
They were arrested during a raid on Monday evening in the neighbourhoods, said Executive Magistrate Md Akhtaruzzaman of RAB-3.
“They were engaged in drug abuse, mugging, clash, theft and other crimes in the neighbourhoods. They were the members of teenagers’ gangs called ‘Devil’s King,’ ‘Chan-Jadu,’ and ‘Agun,” he was quoted by bdnews24.com as saying.
Three of the arrestees were sent to the juvenile correction centre in Gazipur as they are underage. The others were imprisoned for three months.
Most of the young men were detained while they were consuming cannabis, said the executive magistrate.