Cops have seized 56 phones from the accused
Kolkata: A 23-year-old Bangladeshi national, Imran Ahmed , was arrested by Kolkata Police’s detective department on Kyd Street on Thursday night, putting a halt to an organized cross-border mobile snatching spree tailored specifically to target shoppers during the festive rush.
“Police identified the primary accused as Imran Ahmed, a resident of Shariyatpur, Bangladesh, and his local associate as Asif Ali, alias Chhotu (32), from Belghoria in North 24 Parganas,” said additional CP (crime) Kunal Agarwal. “During interrogation, the accused confessed he used to visit India for about a month every year to commit such crimes and take back the items to Bangladesh, where they fetched a good price,” said a senior police officer. Acting on a tip-off, officers from the watch section shadowed and detained two suspects near Classic Hotel under the Park Street Police Station limits. Ahmed’s entry into the petty crime world had begun several months ago, claimed cops, when he first crossed the border alongside a friend who mentored him in the art of quick-cash phone thefts and in the world of buying and selling stolen items. A case has been registered against both accused at the Park Street Police Station.