'Action Will Be Taken If Any Police Station Unwilling to Take Cases'

The DMP Commissioner has directed to take action against any police station if they do not file a case despite allegations of snatching, theft or robbery.

Dhaka Metropolitan Detective Police Joint-Commissioner of Police (Admin and DB-South) Mohammad Mahbub Alam said this in response to a question at a press conference held at DMP's media center here on Saturday (April 9).

Mahbub Alam said that usually during Ramadan and before any festival like Eid, robbery, dacoity, theft and molom-party and snatching gang become active. The DMP commissioner has special instructions to prevent them. According to the instructions, the intelligence department launched a special operation to prevent their violence.

He said the DB's Ramna and Lalbagh divisions conducted special operations in Lalbagh, Hazaribagh and Newmarket areas last Wednesday and Friday and arrested 27 members of the gang.

He added that 20 of the arrested have multiple cases against them, including theft, robbery, preparation for robbery and drug trafficking. 22 of them have been sent to jail in different cases. Iron rods, knives, knives, anesthetic tablets and ointments were seized from them.

In response to a question, the detective officer said that theft of digital devices is increasing in Dhaka. Especially those who are thieves and snatchers, they run away on the streets with mobiles and gold ornaments. Most of them are drug addicts.