Car lifters held in Khulna

A joint team of police and Rapid Action Battalion (Rab-6) on Monday arrested five car lifters from near KDA new market under Sonadanga police station. The arrestees are Rubel alias Shumon, Saiful, Osman Sheikh, Dabir and Alip Kumar Karmaker. The four are members of a Dhaka-based gang of car lifters, said Captain Baktiar of Rab-6. A stolen microbus was recovered from their possession. It was brought to Khulna from Dhaka after stealing it on December 30 from Jatrabari. Later on January 1, a case was filed in this connection with the Jatrabari police station. The investigation officer (IO) of the case came to Khulna on Monday morning on receipt of secret information that the alleged car lifters are hiding here. The seized microbus and the car lifters were later taken to Jatrabari at night.