Bhurungamari (Kurigram) Correspondent:
Police have arrested two members of an autorickshaw hijacking and theft gang in Bhurungamari, Kurigram. Three pieces of Yaba tablets were recovered from them at that time.
They were arrested in a special operation conducted at Khaybar intersection in Thanaghat area of the upazila late on Friday (June 12). The arrested persons were sent to Kurigram District Court on Saturday (June 13).
The arrested persons are Ferdous Rahman Antar (28), son of Intaj Ali of Dakshin Bharatherchhara village in Bangasonahat union of the upazila, and Masud Mia (25), son of Sultan Ali.
According to police sources, on the morning of May 31, autorickshaw driver Rocky Mia (19) of Dakshin Bharatherchhara village left for Nageshwari from Bhurungamari with a passenger. On the way, three persons posing as passengers made him drink soft drinks laced with sleeping pills. When he fell unconscious, the miscreants stole his autorickshaw and fled.
The police launched an investigation into the incident based on the complaint of the victim’s grandfather Rustam Ali. The investigation found an organized autorickshaw theft and robbery gang. It is said that the members of the gang got into autorickshaws disguised as passengers and were involved in various criminal activities with the driver and passengers.
During police interrogation, the arrested persons confessed to selling the stolen autorickshaw at a showroom named Faruk Enterprise in Raiganj Bazar, Nageshwari Upazila.
Assistant Superintendent of Police of Bhurungamari Police Circle Muntasir Mamun Moon said that a case has been filed against the arrested persons under sections related to theft and robbery, including the Narcotics Control Act. In addition, the police operation is continuing to recover the stolen autorickshaw.