The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) yesterday apprehended a gang of car-lifters and recovered five brand new luxury cars from them.

The arrested are Omar Faruk, Mostakim-ur-Rahman Asif, Amir Hussain Sohag, Kamal Hossain, Manik alias Yusuf.

On information a team of RAB-2 raided the Japan Garden City at Mohammadpur in the city and arrested Faruk. On his confessional statement the RAB arrested the rest of the car-lifters from different parts of the country.

RAB recovered two VOXY microbuses, one private car and two light trucks from their possession. The RAB also seizes fake car documents and other contrabands from the cars.

The arrested persons confessed to RAB personals that they snatched the cars after killing the drivers or forced-fed them sleeping pills.

They sold the snatched cars in throwaway price in the country. They also made false documents of the lifted cars.