DB arrests 2 over killing of driver
The Detective Branch (DB) of police yesterday arrested two people for allegedly killing a driver of a CNG-run auto-rickshaw and recovered the stolen vehicle from Mirpur area in the capital.
On January 13, the driver, Iskandar Ali Howlader, 40, was found dead in Khejur Bagan area of Sher-e-Bangla Nagar and his vehicle was stolen.
On information, police arrested the two -- Mohammad Liton, 45, and Mohammad Jashim, 28 -- in Shah Ali area and recovered the stolen auto-rickshaw from their possession, said Abdul Baten, joint commissioner of DB.
During primary interrogation, the arrestees admitted their involvement in the killing and theft, he said while addressing reporters at DMP media centre.
The arrestees said they hired the auto-rickshaw from the international trade fair site for Farmgate and after establishing a good rapport with Iskandar, they convinced him to join them for a cup of tea.
After reaching Farmgate, the arrestees gave Iskandar a cup of tea that had been secretly mixed with powerful sedative tablets.
As the driver lost consciousness, the two took him along in the same auto-rickshaw and left him near a drain in Khejur Bagan area, said the DB joint commissioner.
Golam Mostofa Rashel, additional deputy commissioner of DB, said the gang had been stealing CNG-run auto-rickshaws for the last three years. “We've got names of other members of the gang and we're conducting drives to arrest them.”
In a separate raid, the DB arrested four people from Shahbagh area in the city for allegedly making fake documentation of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA).
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