Tk 40 lakh snatched from Gazipur garment staff
Miscreants allegedly snatched Tk 40 lakh from officials of a garment factory after firing blank shots in Tongi of Gazipur this afternoon.
Three people were also injured in the incident, reports the Bangla daily Prothom Alo.
Some officials of Oasis Fashion Ltd were returning to their factory in Borobari area in a microbus after withdrawing the money from a bank in Dhaka’s Uttara, said Aminul Islam, inspector of Tongi Police Station.
As they reached Mill gate area of Tongi, criminals on four motorbikes blocked their way and snatched the money away after firing some blank shots and attacking them.
Three of them garment employees – microbus driver Shahidul Haque, factory treasurers Parvaj and Azad -- were injured during the attack. They were admitted to a local hospital.
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