Police have arrested six people allegedly involved in a widely discussed incident in which Tk 10 million was demanded as extortion from a developer company in the Nabinagar Housing area of Mohammadpur. They were sent to jail through a court on Thursday afternoon.

Mohammadpur police arrested them during a raid on Wednesday night. Mohammad Juel Rana, additional deputy commissioner (ADC) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s (DMP) Tejgaon Division, confirmed the arrests.

He said one of the arrested individuals is an accused in a police assault case filed with Mohammadpur Police Station over an incident in 2024.

Police said the six were arrested during an operation in the Mohammadpur area of the capital. Five of the arrestees have multiple cases filed against them at different police stations, according to police records.

The arrested individuals were identified as Md Rifat Hossain, 22, of Lalmohan in Bhola; Md Shuvo, 26, of Gandaria in Dhaka; Md Elias, 22, of Char Fasson in Bhola; Md Mohasin, 24, of Borhanuddin in Bhola; Emon Mridha, 23, of Bhandaria in Pirojpur; and Md Sabbir, 22, of Char Fasson in Bhola. All of them currently live in the Mohammadpur police station area of Dhaka.

According to police, Rifat Hossain has a case filed with Mohammadpur Police Station in 2024 under the Narcotics Control Act. Shuvo and Elias faced cases under various sections of the Penal Code at the same police station in 2022. Elias is also an accused in a police assault case filed with Mohammadpur Police Station over an incident on July 20, 2024.

Mohasin has a case filed under the Dowry Prohibition Act with Borhanuddin Police Station in Bhola in 2023. Emon Mridha has a case filed under various sections of the Penal Code with Bhandaria Police Station in Pirojpur on March 4, 2026.

According to the case statement, a group of alleged extortionists entered the office of a developer company in the Nabinagar Housing area of Mohammadpur around noon on September 15 and demanded Tk 10 million in extortion. Around eight to 10 people reportedly entered the office.

At one point, they allegedly beat an employee of the company, Imran, after he refused to pay the demanded money and comply with their instructions.

The complaint further alleged that Imran sustained a serious injury above his left wrist after being attacked with a sharp weapon.

It also said that when people from the surrounding area came forward during the assault, the accused allegedly issued various threats before leaving the scene.