Rangpur: Police arrested two notorious muggers and recovered a motorcycle, two mobile phones, wallets, and domestic weapons used in mugging in Rangpur city last night. Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Rangpur Metropolitan Tajhat police station Md Shah Alam confirmed the matter today.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, Monirul Islam Miran, an undergraduate student of Rangpur Carmichael College, and Indian citizen Satyam of Rangpur Prime Medical College returned to Rangpur city from Dhaka by a night coach bus early Wednesday morning. After disembarking at the city’s Modern area, they were headed to the Central Bus Terminal adjacent to R K Road by rickshaw.
On the way, three muggers on a motorcycle intercepted them, brandishing local weapons, and snatched two mobile phones, a bank ATM card, cash, and necessary documents around 5 am. OC Shah Alam stated that a case was filed following the victims’ statements at Rangpur Metropolitan Tajhat police station.
‘Later, we conducted massive operations and arrested two muggers from the Kamarpara area in the city and recovered the snatched goods,’ he added. The detainees are identified as Md. Al Shahriar Sahas (26), son of late Gausul Haque of New Adarshapara area, and Md. Niloy Hossain Tanu (27), son of Md. Shahin Hossain of Alamnagar Pirpur area in the metropolis.
‘We handed over the arrested muggers to Rangpur court this afternoon. Later, the court sent them to jail,’ the OC added.