4 car lifters held with stolen car
Police arrested four car lifters along with a stolen car from different spots in the port city and Satkania upazila in the district on Friday and yesterday.
The arrestees were identified as Shamim Uddin, 28, Mohammad Shafi, 33, Mezbah Uddin alias Rassel, 31 and Asgar Ali, 31.
On Thursday night, car lifters took away the car of Dr Sumedh Dewan of Pahartali Eye Infirmary from the parking area of his private chamber in Jamal Khan area. Dr Sumedh filed a case with Kotwali Police Station accusing his driver Shamim in this connection.
On information, a team of police, including Sub Inspector (SI) Sadip Kumar Das and Mohammad Mohsin of Kotwali Police Station, arrested Shafi, brother-in-law of Shamim, from city's Terri Bazar area at around 4:30pm on Friday.
Acting on his confessions police arrested Shamim with the lifted car from Keochia area under Satkania upazila in the evening.
Later Russel, leader of the gang and a cloth trader of Terri Bazar and Asgar, a driver of Laldighi area and buyer of stolen cars, were arrested from Terri Bazar and Khalifapatti around 2:00am yesterday.
SI Sadip said the arrestees held a meeting at Russel's shop three days before the incident as Shamim had kept a set of keys of the car around three months back. It was decided that Russel would receive the car from Shamim and manage Tk 4 lakh from the buyer. Shamim would get Tk 3 lakh while Shafi and Rassel Tk 50,000 each.
“As Russel did not come to receive the car, Shamim brought the car to Satkania upazila and called Dr Sumedh over phone demanding Tk 1 lakh for information regarding the car,” Sadip said. He said police have got more names of the gang and are trying to arrest them.
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