Five members of mobile phone theft gang held in Dhaka

The Detective Branch (DB) of police has arrested five members of a gang involved in stealing and snatching mobile phones from passengers aboard public transport in Dhaka.

The arrests were made early on Tuesday in a targeted operation.

The arrestees are: Md Ekhlas (27), Md Alauddin (32), Md Al Amin (22), Hridoy Khan (26) and Md Naeem (25), according to a press release from DB.
Based on a tip-off, the suspects were arrested from a house in Bhatara at around 2:45am. During the arrest, police recovered 24 stolen mobile phones of various brands from their possession.

Preliminary investigations revealed that the gang used a coordinated method to carry out the thefts. Members of the group would board public buses and create disturbances by jamming or pushing the vehicle, a tactic known as 'thekman'.    —UNB