Ridanur Rehman Rakib

Anil Paturdkar

senior police inspector

Chandannagar police

Bangladesh

sub-inspector

Kolkata

West Bengal

Firoz Shaikh

The city police have arrested an alleged Bangladeshi national for committing a spate of robberies in the Chandannagar area. According to the police, the arrested accused, identified as, 46, had travelled to India with proper documents and was staying at Chandannagar, where he started targeting locked houses.“We got a tip-off that a person was roaming around Borate Vasti in Chandannagar’s Kharadi Road in a suspicious manner. We laid a trap and nabbed him,” saidofstation.“We found a bag containing a crowbar on him. When we started questioning him in detail, we found that he hails fromand came here to look for employment. Based on the address he gave, we went to his house and found some costly jewellery. He eventually confessed to having committed five robberies in Chandannagar,” saidPradeep Kshirsagar, who nabbed Rakib.According to the police, Rakib was told by people fromto look for jobs in Mumbai and Pune. He then met with aresident, who helped him find accommodation. “A person namedgave him accommodation, charging him Rs 5,000 for 16 days’ stay. Once he got a place to live, Rakib would roam about the area and target locked flats. Since he didn’t have any record here, he thought the police wouldn’t find him. We are now investigating if he committed any other robberies in the area,” Kshirsagar added.The police have also arrested Firoz Shaikh for providing illegal accommodation to a foreign national without alerting the police about his details.