Dhaka District North Detective Branch (DB) police have arrested six people in connection with a theft at a warehouse storing fire alarms and firefighting equipment in Savar. In a separate operation, another man was arrested over alleged involvement in robbery and snatching.
Inspector Saidul Islam of Dhaka District North DB confirmed the arrests in a press release issued on Wednesday. The suspects were arrested during separate raids at different locations in the Savar Model Police Station area on Tuesday, October 27.
The six people arrested in connection with the warehouse theft were identified as Osman, 23, Ratan, 20, Kabir, 25, Sirajul Islam, 40, and Khorshed Alam Bappi, 39, all from the Mogorkanda area of Savar. The sixth suspect, Laskar Ali, 33, is a resident of Kaliganj in Lalmonirhat district and had been living in the Aminbazar area of Savar.
The seventh arrestee, Saidul, 26, is a resident of Namatori in Lalmonirhat Sadar Upazila. He was arrested on suspicion of involvement in robbery and snatching.
According to the DB press release, a special operation was conducted under the direction of Dhaka District Police Superintendent Shamima Parveen and led by Saidul Islam, officer-in-charge of DB North.
At around 4:30 pm on Tuesday, police arrested the six suspects over the theft at the warehouse of Radius Engineering Limited, which stores fire alarms and firefighting equipment. During preliminary questioning, the arrested individuals allegedly admitted to their involvement in the incident, according to the DB.
Later, at around 6:30 pm, police conducted a separate operation in the Radio Colony area under Savar Model Police Station and arrested Saidul over alleged involvement in a robbery and snatching gang.
The DB also disclosed that Osman has a previous theft case against him, while Kabir has one theft case. Saidul has six cases against him, including one for preparation to commit robbery, four theft cases and another case under other legal provisions.
Inspector Saidul Islam said the six suspects in the warehouse theft case had been shown arrested in connection with a case filed at Savar Model Police Station, registered as Case No. 81. They were sent to court with a request for seven days of remand for questioning.
The other suspect, Saidul, was sent to court after being shown arrested in a case involving preparation to commit robbery.
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