5 carjackers, 6 muggers held in capital in 4 days

Members of a carjacking gang arrested by Detective Branch of police from around the capital in the last four days produced at Dhaka Metropolitan Police's media centre yesterday. Behind them are two stolen private cars seized from their possession. Photo: Star

Law enforcement agencies arrested five alleged members of a carjacking gang and six muggers in the capital in the last four days.

Detectives held the carjackers and seized two stolen private cars from their possession.

Forged documents, used by the gang to sell stolen vehicles to unsuspecting customers. Photo: Star

Nine forged vehicle registration papers, 30 fitness certificates and 206 tax payment receipts were also seized from the carjackers, said Krishna Pada Roy, deputy commissioner of Detective Branch (South) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, at a press conference at DMP media centre, yesterday.

The carjacking gang including its ringleader Iqbal Hossain alias Kamal, were held in Hatirpool and Bashundhara on Monday and yesterday. Rapid Action Battalion-1 detained the alleged muggers with a car, a pistol, a gun and a machete in Shewra.