Cop, 2 aides arrested on charge of cheating
Staff Correspondent
A police constable and his two associates were arrested at Shialbari in the city's Mirpur area in the early hours of yesterday on charges of cheating.The arrestees were identified as Shimul Khan, a constable of Rajarbagh Police Lines, and his associates Jahid alias Rony and Pintu. Alamgir Hossain, a cameraman of local commercial video shop NS Multi Media, filed a case with Shahali Police Station on July 20 accusing the three of snatching a video and a still camera and other equipment worth about Tk 3.25 lakh. Police said on July 3, Shimul called the Paltan office of NS Multi Media and asked the office staff to send a cameraman with a video and a still camera with three people he would send. As per his demand, NS Multi Media officials sent cameraman Alamgir with the three people. As they reached Mirpur Mazar Road in a hired taxi-cab, the three asked Alamgir to buy a video film. As he got down to buy the film, they left the place hurriedly. Although Shimul denied snatching the cameras, police arrested them with the snatched video camera and other equipment following an investigation.
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