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RANGPUR, Nov 11, 2025 (BSS)- Police in separate drives arrested seven members of an auto-rickshaw theft gang, including their mastermind, and recovered three stolen auto-rickshaws from different areas of Rangpur district on Monday.
 
Superintendent of Police (SP)  Md Abu Saim disclosed this   at a press briefing held at his office in the city on Tuesday afternoon. 
 
The arrestees are: Hamidul Islam of the Telepara Bahar Kachhna area, Zahurul Islam of the Kobaru area, Mun Mia and Faruk Hossain of Chararhat area of Rangpur city, Sujan Mia of Uttar Harinsingha village in Gaibandha, Nur Islam of Ramakant village and Atiar Rahman of the Rajballabh area in Gangachara upazila of Rangpur. 
 
Police filed two separate cases against them at Kawnia and Gangachara police stations of Rangpur. 
 
The SP said that a case was filed at Badarganj police station of Rangpur on October 15 last in connection with the theft of an auto rickshaw. 
 
“On Monday afternoon, with the help of information technology, police conducted a raid in the city's Cigarette Company area and arrested the main ringleader of the theft gang, Hamidul Islam,” he said. 
 
Later, according to the information Hamidul Islam provided, gang member Sujan Mia was arrested from the Kawnia Rail Gate area along with a stolen auto rickshaw. 
 
Based on the information provided by the two arrestees, Nur Islam and Zahurul Islam, Atiar, Moon Mia and Faruk Hossain were arrested from different areas. 
 
“The gang of thieves had been stealing auto rickshaws and killing auto drivers, using narcotics and resorting to fraud in various districts, including Rangpur, for long,” the SP said.
 
Additional Superintendent of Police (Administration and Finance) Md Joynal Abedin and Additional Superintendent of Police (Crime and Ops) Sushanta Chandra Roy were present at the press conference.