Dacoity at Barisal STT prosecutor's house
Dacoits beat the wife of Mazibur Rahaman Nantu, Special Public Prosecutor of Barisal Speedy Trial Tribunal and looted about Tk two lakh in cash and gold ornaments from the house in the city in the early hours of Saturday.
Nantu however told newsmen yesterday that it was an attempt to kill or threaten him. He was not at the house on that night. Special police have been deployed at the house.
About 25 armed men entered the house at Baiddya Para by breaking the collapsible gate at about 3 am.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. They asked his wife Laily Begum where he was. Not finding him, they beat her, tied other inmates at gunpoint and decamped with ornaments and Tk 30,000 from the steel almirah, according to a case filed with the Kotwali police. But no one named as accused.
Police visited the spot yesterday morning.
Advocate Nantu said some sensational murder cases are under trial in the tribunal.