A suspected thief apparently died after jumping into a pond in Chattogram while he was trying to escape from the Detective Branch (DB) of Chattogram police on Friday morning. But police claimed that the thief died of a heart attack in his own residence after noticing the law enforcement team. However his body was recovered from the pond later in the morning. The deceased was identified as Nasir Uddin, 55, son of late Bazal Ahmed, a resident of Pashcim Sahid Nagar area of Bayezid Bostami Thana. Read more: Chattogram University fine arts students asked to leave campus due to 'renovation work' According to district police information, Nasir was accused of cattle theft at Fatikchari Police Station. Another accused who was arrested in this case mentioned Nasir’s name in his confessional statement. Following the statement, the Detective Branch of Chattogram police conducted an operation to arrest him last night. Abu Taiyab Md. Arif, Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) of Chattogram district special branch and spokesman of Police Super Office, said when the DB team went to Nasir's house, the family members closed the door of the house and gathered hundreds of people, who started throwing stones at police. At the time of the incident, the accused Nasir died of a cardiac accident in his house. On the other hand, the locals said that when the police tried to break the door of Nasir's house during the operation, Nasir escaped through the window and jumped into the pond. Ferdous Jahan, Officer in Charge of Bayezid Bostami Police Station, We have not received any complaint from Nasir's family yet. His body was sent to Chittagong Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy.

Usually, people seek help when calling National Emergency Service 999. A “thief” in Barishal calling 999, however, makes for an interesting story. Police today said they received a call from a “thief” who wanted to be “saved from a possible mob beating”, as he was stuck inside a shop in Barishal town. Yeasin Khan (41), entered a shop in the AR Khan Bazar area of Sadar Upazila and got stuck inside the shop on Wednesday morning after sensing the presence of people in the market, said Asaduzzaman, officer-in-charge (OC) of Metropolitan Bandar Police Station. Read: Rickshaw puller awarded prize for 999 call to save women in Chattogram The man called 999 for help, fearing that he might be beaten up by the locals if caught, the OC added. When police asked him why he was not coming out of the shop, Yeasin told them that it took him a long time to pack “the stolen goods” and when he was done, it was already morning and people started arriving at the market. “In this condition, if he came out, he would be beaten up by a mob,” said OC Asaduzzaman. Read: Stranded tourists rescued from Kaptai Lake after 999 call Shop owner Jhantu said he didn’t realize that a thief broke into his shop.  Later, police arrested Yeasin, the thief who called 999 National Emergency Service, from the spot after rescuing him from the shop, said the OC.

A suspected thief died after falling off a five-story building at Maddhya Sanarpar in Demra of the capital on Tuesday, said police. The deceased was identified as Raihan Hossain, 18. Read: Man dies after falling off under-construction building in Chattogram Inspector Bachchu Mia, in-charge of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital police camp, said Raihan climbed up to the fifth floor of the building  around 3:30 am in a bid to steal something. When local people raised a hue and cry seeing Raihan on the building, he jumped off it and sustained injuries. He was taken to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries around 9:30 am on Tuesday.

Local people beat a man to death suspecting him of being a thief at Sabujbagh in Dhaka on Thursday night. Police said they rescued Hridoy, 27, in a critical condition as local people thrashed him as they suspected him to be a thief. He was taken to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital where doctors announced him dead around 3:30 am on Friday. Anwar Hossain, a sub-inspector of Sabujbagh Police Station, said the locals claimed that they beat the man as he was caught while stealing in the area.

A suspected thief was killed in a lynch-mob attack at Shubhorara Mathpara in Abhaynagar upazila early Friday.

Police arrested 15 members of a mobile thief gang with 12 stolen mobile phone sets in Kotwali Police Station area on Sunday night.