Incidents of mugging on rise

Mugging has increased in April compared to the previous month, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) AKM Shahidul Huq said yesterday.
Expressing concern over the deterioration of law and order situation, he said it would be unfortunate if anybody does not get security even after filing a general diary (GD).
The DMP commissioner was speaking at the monthly crime conference at Rajarbagh Police Lines Telecom Auditorium in the city.
Asked about the alarming rise in the use of mobile phone by extortionists demanding money, he said it is difficult to detect the callers as the SIM cards of cellphones the extortionists use are registered with fake address.
"If the mobile phone operators give registration for SIM cards after proper verification, it would help law enforcers detect the callers who demand money or give threats," he said.
"We have already approached the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission to discuss the issue with the mobile phone operators," he added.
The commissioner also said the police have recovered 14 firearms last month and most of them are foreign-made.
Deputy commissioners, assistant commissioners, officers-in-charge of all police stations under DMP attended the conference.