‘Leader of battery-stealing gang’ held
Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) on Thursday claimed to have arrested the ringleader of a gang that steals batteries from auto-rickshaws in Savar.
The arrestee was identified as Ali Haider alias Nahid Hasan (27).
A PBI team arrested Nahid while investigating the murder of auto-rickshaw driver Sheikh Mintu (35), said Mohammad Khorshed Alam, superintendent (SP) of Dhaka district PBI, yesterday.
Mintu was allegedly killed by the gang members around 8:30pm on July 13, he said.
Rashidul Islam, inspector at PBI and investigating officer of the case, told this newspaper that during primary interrogation, Nahid admitted that he is the leader of a battery-stealing ring.
"They have been snatching batteries for some time and selling them in different parts of the country. There are some 10-11 other gang members, and we are conducting drives to catch them," Rashidul said.
Replying to a question, he said the gang was involved in petty crimes, but for the last two years, they started snatching batteries. Besides, they also mugged the drivers.
The criminals would sell the batteries for Tk 20,000-30,000, far lower than the actual price of Tk 40,000.
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