{"id":12407,"date":"2025-07-15T19:57:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T19:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/12407\/"},"modified":"2025-07-15T19:57:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T19:57:08","slug":"thief-allegedly-forced-into-hardcore-workout-after-getting-caught-stealing-gym-equipment-in-bangladesh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/12407\/","title":{"rendered":"Thief allegedly forced into hardcore ‘workout’ after getting caught stealing gym equipment in Bangladesh"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thief allegedly forced into hardcore \u2018workout\u2019 after getting caught stealing from gym in Cox\u2019s Bazar, Bangladesh<\/p>\n

A man was forced into an intense gym workout after he was caught stealing equipment from a gym in the city of Cox\u2019s Bazar, Bangladesh.<\/p>\n

The video of the workout quickly went viral<\/a> on X, garnering more than a million views within a number of days.<\/p>\n

Thief forced into hardcore workout as punishment for stealing<\/p>\n

According to Bangladesh Guardian, gym owner Abdullah Al Mamun left Power Gym Centre on 27 June to attend Jummah prayers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

When he returned, the gym had been broken into, with batteries, cables, and some equipment gone. CCTV footage identified a young man as the suspect.<\/p>\n

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Source: @timesnow on Instagram<\/p>\n

Last Wednesday (9 July), gym-goers spotted the suspect in a market and brought him back to the gym. Mamun stated that he was not present during the incident and had told the gym-goers not to hurt him.<\/p>\n

And so, rather than beating him, they punished him by making him perform various exercises and filming it.<\/p>\n

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Source: @timesnow on Instagram<\/p>\n

The footage showed the suspect forced into bench presses, bicep curls, push-ups, and even squats with heavy weights.<\/p>\n

The alleged thief eventually jumped from the third-floor gym onto a tin roof and escaped.<\/p>\n

He also confessed to being a drug user and said he stole from the gym to fund his addiction.<\/p>\n

Some netizens enjoy the \u2018creative punishment\u2019<\/p>\n

Netizens have expressed divided opinions online, with one calling the \u2018workout\u2019 a \u201cgreat punishment.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Source: Instagram<\/p>\n

Another commenter felt that the punishment was \u201cvery creative,\u201d but urged the gym owner to hand the suspect over to the authorities.<\/p>\n

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Source: Instagram<\/p>\n

This user, however, disagreed with the punishment as he interpreted it as \u201ctaking the law into one\u2019s hands\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Source: X<\/p>\n

This case is reminiscent of a previous incident in India, where another gym owner made a thief run on the treadmill after he was caught stealing from a gym<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As the thief\u2019s condition worsened, authorities were eventually notified, although the gym owner chose not to lodge an official complaint.<\/p>\n

Also read: Thief in M\u2019sia leaves faeces in store after failed burglary attempt<\/a><\/p>\n

Thief in M\u2019sia leaves faeces in store after failed burglary attempt<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Have news you must share? Get in touch with us via email at\u00a0news@mustsharenews.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Featured image adapted from @Ghar Ke Kalesh on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thief allegedly forced into hardcore \u2018workout\u2019 after getting caught stealing from gym in Cox\u2019s Bazar, Bangladesh A man…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12408,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[337,97],"class_list":["post-12407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fitness","tag-fitness","tag-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12407\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}