Beware of easy-bike snatchers

As the night grows dark, they get on easy-bikes, pretending to be innocent passengers. But as soon as they get an opportunity, they hold the driver hostage and snatch the vehicle.

Criminal Investigation Department (CID) claimed to have arrested four members of such a gang from Sadullapur in Gaibandha on Sunday. They recently killed an easy-bike driver and snatched his vehicle, CID special superintendent Mukta Dhar told a press briefing at its headquarters in the capital's Malibagh yesterday. The arrested are Miru Mia, Laju Mia, Sagar Mondol and Belal Chowdhury.

On February 7, police recovered the body of Abdul Majid Mia (60), the murdered easy-bike driver, from Sadullahpur's Ekrampur area. After investigations, CID found involvement of the four arrestees.

The CID official said two of the arrestees – Miru and Laju – got on the easy-bike on February 6 evening. As the vehicle reached near Sadullahpur bus stand, they compelled the driver to take the vehicle to an abandoned brick kiln. There they indiscriminately hit him on the head with bricks and fled with the vehicle, all the way to Bogura.

"There, they sold the vehicle at Sagar Mondol's shop for and sold five batteries at Belal Chowdhury's shop."

Such incidents of snatching vehicles have recently increased in the north-eastern districts.