Dhaka, June 17 -- The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested six more people, including "notorious criminal" Excel Babu, in connection with the stabbing of a mobile financial service (MFS) agent during a robbery and an attack on police in Dhaka's Adabor.

The arrests were made during drives in Mohammadpur and Mirpur's Pirerbagh, officials disclosed at a press briefing held at the RAB Media Centre in Karwan Bazar on Wednesday.

One of the key detainees was identified as Farid Ahmed Babu, alias Excel Babu, whom RAB labels a "top criminal" operating in Mohammadpur.

The five other suspects are Abu Sayeed, Rashed Khondokar, Md Liton, Md Tausif, and Md Tarikul Islam.

RAB-2 Commander Additional Deputy Inspector General Naimul Hasan said at ...