Tk 48 lakh looted on elevated expressway, 7 held

Staff Reporter :
At least seven members of an organized robbery gang were arrested for allegedly looting Tk 48 lakh from officials of a textile factory on the capital Elevated Expressway.

The arrestees have been identified as Sabuj Mia alias Shyamol, 39, Saharul Islam Sagar, 23, Abu Yousuf, 41, Didar Munshi, 35, Ferdous Wahid, 35, Al Amin Duari, 42, and Daud Hossain Molla, 39.

The accused were detained in Dhaka and seven other districts on Saturday, according to DB officials.

Harun Or Rashid, chief of DB of Dhaka Metropolitan Police confirmed the matter during a press conference at the DMP media centre on Sunday noon.

According to the press conference, DB members raided different districts and arrested seven people along with Tk 26 lakh of the robbed money, 2.6 bhories of gold, a toy pistol and two RAB vests.

On October 10, some officials of a textile factory withdrew Tk 83.50 lakh from a private bank and handed over Tk 35.50 lakh to their business partners inside the bank.

The robbery took place when the officials were taking the remaining Tk 48 lakh to Banani using the expressway on October 10.

On their way, the robbers intercepted the victim’s car near Khilkhet. Introducing themselves as members of RAB, the robbers said they had information that the occupants of the car were carrying illegal arms and asked them to get out of the car.

It is mentionable that it was the first robbery incident on the expressway since its inauguration on September 2.