102 bhori of gold snatched by men posing as police, four held
The district Detective Branch (DB) has arrested four people over the robbery of 102 bhori 12 ana of gold, committed by stopping a bus and posing as police. Tk 88 lakh, the proceeds of selling the stolen gold, has also been recovered from them.
The details were given at a press conference at the Bogura District Detective Branch office at around 2.30pm on Wednesday by Atowar Rahman, the district police’s media spokesperson (additional superintendent of police).
The arrested are Sadikul Islam and Alamgir Hossain of Dakshin Basudebpur village in Hakimpur upazila, Dinajpur, and Rabiul Islam of Bhimpur village and Asaduzzaman Shahid of the Balighata Bazar area, both in Panchbibi upazila, Joypurhat.
Alamgir Hossain faces 10 cases, including drugs, the Special Powers Act and affray. Three drug-related cases against Rabiul Islam are pending in court.
Atowar Rahman said that on 5 October, Khairul Islam, a gold trader from the Galapatti area of Bogura town, sent 10 bars of 24-carat gold to Joypurhat through his cousin, Bappi Hossain.
The gold weighed 102 bhori 12 ana. As Bappi Hossain was travelling to Joypurhat by bus, three to four men stopped the bus, posing as police, at around 12.05pm when it reached the Uthli area of the Mokamtala-Joypurhat road in Shibganj upazila.
The additional SP said raids were first carried out in Panchagarh, Dinajpur and Joypurhat districts. Sadikul Islam was arrested in the Tarinoyhat area of Tetulia upazila, Panchagarh.
Acting on information from him, Alamgir Hossain was arrested near the Mohila College in Hakimpur upazila, Dinajpur.
He added that a search of Alamgir’s home recovered Tk 29 lakh from the sale of the gold. Later, using information from the two arrested men and technology, Rabiul Islam and Asaduzzaman Shahid were arrested in the Bhimpur area of Panchbibi upazila, Joypurhat.
A further Tk 18 lakh was then recovered from Sadikul’s home in Hakimpur, Dinajpur, and Tk 41 lakh from the office of Shahid’s cattle farm in Boromanik village, Panchbibi. In total, Tk 88 lakh was recovered. The arrested accused have been sent to court.
