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Bangladeshis' gang smashed

Staff Reporter

Several cases of robbery, burglary and a murder solved

NEW DELHI: A gang of illegal Bangladeshi migrants allegedly involved in several cases of robbery, burglary and also a murder in Faridabad and South Delhi has been smashed by the Special Staff of the South Delhi police.

According to the police, the Special Staff had arrested the wife and two sons of Mohammad Haleem, an illegal Bangladeshi migrant who was operating as a "manpower agent" for Bangladeshi criminals, in May and recovered robbed jewellery and cash worth Rs. 2 lakhs from them. However, Haleem had escaped to Bangladesh. The police kept a watch on the movements of his associates and came to know that Haleem had returned to the Capital along with another "manpower agent" Rustam.

A Special Staff, led by Inspector Rajender Singh, laid a trap near Sainik Farms on Wednesday and arrested Haleem, Rustam and three others, Mohammad Kabeer, Mohammad Muneer and Farukh Sheikh. Arms and ammunitions were recovered from them.

The police said the gang was involved in several cases of robbery and burglary, reported from various places in Faridabad, and a murder reported from Sainik Farm in South Delhi. When a Faridabad police team had gone to Ambedkar Nagar in South Delhi to arrest Haleem in connection with the incidents, they were attacked and forced to retreat by his sympathisers.

After committing burglaries or robberies in more than a couple of houses in one stretch, the gang members would disperse to places like Panipat, Loni and Gurgaon. Subsequently, they would escape to Bangladesh with the help of manpower agents like Haleem and Rustam.

The police said after Haleem's escape to Bangladesh, Rustam gathered members of his gang and began committing crime. During the last fortnight, members of the Rustam gangcarried out many burglaries in Faridabad. Farukh, a rich Kolkata based scrap dealer, has developed a base in Madanpur Khadar, South Delhi, and was allegedly involved in helping the criminals with logistics, the police said.

The police said illegal Bangladeshi migrants have been indulging in many criminal activities in various areas of the Capital and neighbouring districts of Haryana. They come from Bangladesh, rent an accommodation, commit crimes at high frequency and then escape to Bangladesh. In many cases, they were able to cross over to Bangladesh by the time the incident was reported.

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