Dhaka, March 10 -- Police have arrested four people and taken 47 skulls and other human bones into custody as part of a raid in Dhaka's Tejgaon and Uttara areas.

They were arrested on Monday as part of a "special operation" by Tejgaon police, according to Dhaka Metropolitan Police Deputy Commissioner and spokesman Muhammad Talebur Rahman.

The arrestees have been identified as Kazi Zahurul Islam Soumik, 25, Md Abul Kalam, 39, Asadul Munshi Jashim Ershad, 32, and Md Faisal Ahmed, 26.

Police say they are part of a gang of grave robbers who sell human bones.

Talebur said additional details will be provided at a press conference at the DMP Media Centre on Tuesday.

Arrestee Soumik is a student in his final year at the Sapporo Dental Colleg...