Pickpockets steal CMP commissioner's cell phone
Police arrested three people, including two pickpockets, in the port city on Monday night for stealing the mobile phone of Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) Commissioner on Friday.
The arrested pickpockets, identified as Abdul Khalek, 33, and Selim Mia, 35, are members of an organised gang. They are active mainly at mosques and namaz-e-Janazas, police said
The other arrestee is Mintu Dev, 31. Police recovered the stolen mobile set from his possession.
Pickpocket Khalek took away mobile phone of CMP Commissioner Abul Kashem from the pocket of his bodyguard while they were attending Juma prayers at Police Lines Mosque.
Kotwali police with the help of the detectives caught Mintu Dev who claimed to have bought the mobile phone from Karnaphuli Market on Monday night.
On his statement, police arrested Khalek and his accomplice Selim in the city's Ruby Gate and Pathantuli areas the same night.
Sub-Inspector Swadip Das of Kotwali Police Station, who took part in the drive led by Assistant Commissioner of the Detective Branch of CMP Hasan Chowdhury, said the gang members sell the stolen mobile phone to some mobile shop owners at Reazuddin Bazar.
“We are gathering information regarding the gang and hope to arrest them immediately,” the SI said, adding that a case was filed in this connection with Halishahar Police Station.
Khalek told reporters at the police station on Tuesday morning that he and his gang members take away mobile phones from other people's pockets at crowded places, especially at mosques and janazas.
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