Valuables worth Tk 4.41 lakh looted in city
Robbers looted valuables worth Tk 4.41 lakh from a house at Prem Bazaar in the city's Dakkhin Khan area on Monday night.
Police yesterday arrested four youths of the area as suspects but could not recover any looted goods until 7:00pm. Names of the arrestees could not be known immediately.
Police said a gang of four, aged between 25 and 30, entered the house of Gazi Rezaul Haq at around 7:45pm pressing the doorbell.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. "The robbers held all family members at gunpoint and confined them into a room," duty officer of Dakkhin Khan Police Station said yesterday quoting the First Information Report (FIR).
The criminals then forced the inmates to hand over the keys of almirahs and looted Tk 25,000 in cash, 20 tolas of gold ornaments, four mobile sets and other goods.
The robbers left the place safely after half an hour.