TDS Desk:

Mohammad Nasirul Islam, DMP’s joint police commissioner (DB South), shared this information at a press briefing held at the DMP Media Centre Sunday.

In response to a question from journalists about the rising incidents of mugging in the capital, Nasirul said that several measures have already been implemented to curb the crime.

Checkpoints have been set up by the Detective Branch (DB) and local police across various locations in the city, and their numbers have been increased. Alongside regular patrols, intelligence surveillance has also been intensified, he said.

The DMP official mentioned that ongoing operations are being conducted to dismantle mugging rings by analysing the criminal database and identifying their networks. The DB and local police are conducting operations in crime-prone areas with the help of informants, he added.

Sharing arrest statistics, the DB official said that in October, 98 suspected muggers were arrested from different parts of the capital, followed by 148 in November, and 564 in December. Additionally, in the first 11 days of January, 374 muggers have been arrested.

He further said that efforts to combat mugging are ongoing, expressing hope that as these offenders are brought under the law and remain in prison following legal proceedings, the number of muggers will decrease, ultimately alleviating the problem.