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200 pirates active in Buriganga

They rob 15-20 vessels a day

Staff Correspondent
Over 200 pirates of six to seven gangs rob 15-20 vessels a day in the Buriganga between Fatullah in Narayanganj and Postagola, a number of detained pirates said yesterday.
Detective Branch (DB) of Police arrested three pirates and brought them before journalists in a press conference at the DB office in the capital.
The DB arrested them at Kamrangirchar in connection with the killing of a truck driver and his helper on January 19 at Patharghata of Baraitala in the city'sKa damtali area. The DB also recovered five knives, a cellphone and the trawler used in the robbery and the killings.
the detainees are Bhutto, Ripon and Halim. All of them hail from Kamrangirchar.
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“In each gang there are around 30 robbers and of them only five to seven are professionals... the rest are labourers or rickshaw pullers who are hired on daily basis or are given share of the booty," Deputy Commissioner (DC) AKM Awlad Hossain of DB (south) told reporters quoting the pirates'statements.
He said during primary’ interrogation the detainees admitted their involvement in the killing, the robbery and disclosed the names of others in their gang.
Arrested Bhutto said they use lethal weapons for robbing people and they kill passengers, if they raise alarm, and dump the bodies into the river. He said they killed Mizanur and Kabir for interrupting their robbery.
They can commit two to three robberies a day, he added.
They had killed truck driver pMizmuf Bahmanand 'his Helper Mohamrhad Kabir Hossain, 32. when Mizanur and Kabir along with a number of others tried to prevent a robbery at a launch.
A gang of around 12 pirates swooped on the launch in the river around 3:30am while Mizanur and Kabir were waiting at shore for their truck to be loaded with sand. Sensing a robbery taking place the two and a few others raised alarm by crying out for help.
A few minutes later the robbers came to Patharghat on an engine boat and hacked Mizanur and Kabir to death, DB officials said.
Following the filing of a case, the DB investigated the incident and arrested the three.