Leader of child muggers gang held in city  

Police in the city has arrested a youth who it says became the leader of a gang of muggers after drawing inspiration from serials aired on television.

The arrested has been identified by a single name, Shakil, an 18-year old who led a gang of children aged about 10-year old, said Mohammad Mohsin, the chief of Tejgaon Police Station.
Shakil was arrested from Sattala slum in Banani on Friday. Police also recovered a knife from his possession during the arrest.

Shakil was known as a thief in Tejgaon and led a gang of four members aged about 10. He formed the gang after being inspired by watching mugging incidents on different TV series.

Shakil mugged several people and bought knives for his gang members with the money, police official Mohsin added.

Law enforcers had previously arrested Shakil and his gang once. The Tejgaon police chief said they used to ambush people in solitary parts of the area. The gang committed its last crime in front of the Civil Aviation School and College in Tejgaon on November 29.