Staff Reporter :
A policeman was arrested while snatching money worth Tk 44.000 from an egg-trader in city’s Karwan Bazar area on Friday morning.
The detained person Md Latifuzzaman, who hails from Sherpur, is a constable of Traffic Department, Gulshan North Zone under Dhaka Metropolitan Police.
A case was filed with Shahbagh Police Station in this connection.
Sources said, the egg-trader Abdul Basir was returning to his shop — Shah Ali Traders — at Tejgaon araat riding a rickshaw van after delivering eggs to some of his regular customers.
Two snatchers riding a motorcycle with ‘police’ sticker [Dhaka Metro-L 27-4743] intercepted his van when it reached near Sonargaon Hotel crossing at about 5:00am. Both of the riders were wearing police uniform. At first the motorbike crossed the van, but it again came nearer.
One of the policemen asked Abdul Basir to come down from the van, and asked why his pocket was seen swelled, whether he had been carrying any marijuana. Getting negative reply, the policemen wanted to know what he was carrying in the van.
In reply, Basir said there were 240 empty egg-cases in the van, and Tk 44,000 and a cell phone in the pocket. Hearing that, the motorcycle riders tried to snatch away the cash.
However, at one stage of scuffling, Basir caught one of the snatchers along with the motorcycle. Another policeman managed to escape the scene. The detained policeman was at first handed over to on-duty police personnel at Karwan Bazar. Later, he was shifted to Shahbagh Police Station.
Officer-in-Charge of Shahbagh Police Station Abu Bakkar Siddique said: “The man, who tried to stanch money from an egg-trader, is a constable of DMP Traffic North. They used a motorcycle for snatching.”
Meanwhile, egg-traders have alleged that such type of incident is frequently happening in different parts of the capital almost everyday.
“Earlier, the snatchers had to use truck for snatching eggs. For the last one year, the snatchers wearing police uniform have been seen engaged in snatching. But this is the first time where a policeman was caught during snatching,” Masum Khan, Advisor of Egg Traders Multipurpose Co-operative Society, said.
Assistant Commissioner of Ramna Zone Ihsanul Ferdous said: “We’ve got allegation that two policemen were on the spot. A case will be filed against them under criminal procedure act. The identity of second man, who was along with Latifuzzaman, could not be ascertained immediately.”
A policeman was arrested while snatching money worth Tk 44.000 from an egg-trader in city’s Karwan Bazar area on Friday morning.
The detained person Md Latifuzzaman, who hails from Sherpur, is a constable of Traffic Department, Gulshan North Zone under Dhaka Metropolitan Police.
A case was filed with Shahbagh Police Station in this connection.
Sources said, the egg-trader Abdul Basir was returning to his shop — Shah Ali Traders — at Tejgaon araat riding a rickshaw van after delivering eggs to some of his regular customers.
Two snatchers riding a motorcycle with ‘police’ sticker [Dhaka Metro-L 27-4743] intercepted his van when it reached near Sonargaon Hotel crossing at about 5:00am. Both of the riders were wearing police uniform. At first the motorbike crossed the van, but it again came nearer.
One of the policemen asked Abdul Basir to come down from the van, and asked why his pocket was seen swelled, whether he had been carrying any marijuana. Getting negative reply, the policemen wanted to know what he was carrying in the van.
In reply, Basir said there were 240 empty egg-cases in the van, and Tk 44,000 and a cell phone in the pocket. Hearing that, the motorcycle riders tried to snatch away the cash.
However, at one stage of scuffling, Basir caught one of the snatchers along with the motorcycle. Another policeman managed to escape the scene. The detained policeman was at first handed over to on-duty police personnel at Karwan Bazar. Later, he was shifted to Shahbagh Police Station.
Officer-in-Charge of Shahbagh Police Station Abu Bakkar Siddique said: “The man, who tried to stanch money from an egg-trader, is a constable of DMP Traffic North. They used a motorcycle for snatching.”
Meanwhile, egg-traders have alleged that such type of incident is frequently happening in different parts of the capital almost everyday.
“Earlier, the snatchers had to use truck for snatching eggs. For the last one year, the snatchers wearing police uniform have been seen engaged in snatching. But this is the first time where a policeman was caught during snatching,” Masum Khan, Advisor of Egg Traders Multipurpose Co-operative Society, said.
Assistant Commissioner of Ramna Zone Ihsanul Ferdous said: “We’ve got allegation that two policemen were on the spot. A case will be filed against them under criminal procedure act. The identity of second man, who was along with Latifuzzaman, could not be ascertained immediately.”
