Tk 25 lakh looted from Savar
Staff Reporter :
The police have arrested a total of 3 people including the ringleader of a gang involved in the robbery of Tk 25 lakh of an agent bank from Savar.
The police, however, recovered Tk 11 lakh from the arrested persons.
The arrested have been identified as Md Shimul, 36, Md Tawhid Islam and Md Jasim Uddin.
They were nabbed following raids in various areas of the country including Narayanganj and Patuakhali. A private car used in robbery also seized, the police said.
This was announced by the police in a press conference at Savar Model Police Station on Sunday afternoon.
Dhaka District Police Superintendent Md. Asaduzzaman said in the press conference that On 7 May, officials of Islami Bank’s Ulail Agent Banking Branch were taking money to the bank’s Hemayetpur branch. At that time the miscreants stole the money from the Ulail area of the Dhaka-Aricha highway with the help of a white private car.
Later, a case was filed with the Savar police station. The police arrested one person involved in the incident from Patuakhali last night. Later, according to the information given by him, two more people were arrested from Narayanganj.
Later, on the basis of information provided by the arrested, Tk 11 lakh was recovered and a private car used in the robbery seized. The arrested have been sent to the court with a 7-day remand prayer.
Police super Asaduzzaman said that the accused were living temporarily in different areas including Narayanganj, and Demra in Dhaka. All of them are professional criminals and have several cases in their name with different police stations, police said.
Meanwhile, police have requested everyone to be aware and take the assistance of the police if necessary to avoid such incidents in dealing with or carrying large sums of money.
“Being an industrial area, large sums of money are transacted in this area every day. And the eyes of criminals are always there. They target different people. In this case, they mostly use white private cars,” Superintendent Md Asaduzzaman added.
