Paba (Rajshahi) Correspondent:
The Rajshahi Metropolitan Police (RMP) has arrested two people, including the main perpetrator, in the incident of robbing a woman, posing as a passenger in a CNG-powered Mahindra, in Talgachi area of Paba upazila of Rajshahi, seriously injuring her with a sharp weapon. The stolen mobile phone, clothes, CNG used in the incident and the sharp knife used in the attack have been recovered from the arrested people.
The police said that it was possible to identify and arrest the accused with the help of technology within just 18 hours of the incident. RMP Deputy Commissioner of Police (CTTC) and spokesperson Md. Gaziur Rahman PPM gave this information at a press conference organized at Paba police station at 12:30 pm on Wednesday (July 15).
Describing the robbery incident, he said that Moni Begum (38), a resident of Bagmara upazila, left for Rajshahi from her father’s house in Shariatpur on July 12. The next day, he reached Rajshahi Railway Station at around 7 am and started his journey towards Bagmara in a CNG-powered Mahindra. When he reached the area adjacent to Talgachi Bridge in Baragachi Union of Paba Upazila between 8 am and 8:30 am, a person disguised as a passenger and a CNG driver deliberately pulled him out of the moving vehicle. He was then attacked on the neck and back with a sharp weapon.
During the attack, he was robbed of Tk 5,000 in cash, a mobile phone, a black travel bag and essential items including clothes. Later, the miscreants fled, leaving him seriously injured in a nearby paddy field. Local people rescued him and admitted him to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital. He is currently undergoing treatment in the hospital’s surgery department.
Deputy Police Commissioner Md. Gaziur Rahman said that immediately after the incident, the Paba Police Station and the Cyber Crime Team jointly started an investigation under the direction of RMP Commissioner Mohammad Faizul Kabir. The accused were identified within a short time after analyzing technical information, intelligence surveillance and verifying information from various sources.
He said that after a continuous 18-hour operation, the main accused and CNG driver Md. Farhad was arrested from the Aliganj area of Kashiadanga Police Station at around 3:30 am on Tuesday (July 14). Based on the information given by him, the victim’s stolen mobile phone, clothes and CNG used in the incident were recovered from the house.
At the same time, the sharp knife used in the attack was also seized from the scene according to his confession. The other accused in the same case, Md. Tariqul Islam, was arrested from the Chakprasad area of Naogaon Sadar Upazila on the same day and night. The victim’s husband Md. Shafiqul Islam has filed a case with Paba Police Station as the plaintiff in this incident.
When asked after the press conference, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Paba Police Station Abdul Matin said that the two arrested accused have been sent to court. The investigation into the case is ongoing. It is also being investigated seriously whether anyone else is involved in the incident.
Also present at the press conference were RMP Shah Makhdum Zone Assistant Police Commissioner Sukumar Mohanty and the investigating officer of the case, Sub-Inspector (SI) of Paba Police Station Nani Gopal.