Arifur Rahman Rabbi :
Billal Hossain Badol, 34, has started working as a motorcycle mechanic in Mymensingh’s Bhaluka area in 2012. In order to get rich, he along with some bad guys got involved in motorcycle theft.
After being involved in various bike thefts, he and his partner Palash formed a motorcycle- theft gang in 2018. This gang has stolen more than 200 motorcycles in Dhaka’s Uttara, Dakshinkhan, Uttarkhan and their sounding areas.
And this gang used to sell the stolen motorcycles outside Dhaka like Kishoreganj, Mymensingh, Gazipur and Brahmanbaria districts where they have also syndicate members. And they move with theft motorbike in early morning to avoid police eye. They sell each bike around Tk 30,000 to 40,000.
However, police have arrested Badol and his associate Sana Ullah, 20, from Dhaka’s Dakshinkhan and Uttarkhan areas on January 25 and 27, said Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Detective Branch’s Organized Crime and Vehicle Theft Prevention team Assistant Commissioner (AC) Shahidul Islam.
He said they also recovered six stolen motorcycles from their possession. Badol has another six cases in different police station, including in Turag Police Station.
However, Badol’s partner Palash is on run.
DB sources said that an army member lost his bike and filed a case with Turag Police Station on January 18. Police started the investigation and got some CCTV footages. Later, acting on a tip-off police have been able to arrest Badol from Dakshinkhan on January 25 and recovered the army member’s stolen bike. Then police also recovered three more stolen motorcycles on the basis of his information.
Police later arrested Badol’s associate Sana Ullah from capital’s Uttarkhan area on January 27 with a stolen bike. They also recovered another stolen bike on the basis of his information, the sources said.
Both are now in jail after one-day remand.
DB officials said that during interrogation Badol told the police that he met a bike thief Babul when was working in Mymensingh. That time he helped Babul to sell and repair the stolen motorcycles.
Later, he moved to Kishoreganj and started stealing motorcycle in 2014. At one stage, a UP chairman lost his motorcycle and filed a case against Badol. Then he fled and shifted to Gazipur. There he was introduced with another bike thief Ujjal, said the official.
They also said that Badol was later introduced with Palash through Ujjal. And Palash offered Badol to form a motorcycle theft gang in 2018.
They have 10 to 12 members in the gang. Badol and his gang members have stolen the bikes cunningly. Badol knows well how to break the lock of a motorcycle. He used to cut power switch cable and connect direct line to start the bike. Later, it goes out of Dhaka.
