Robbers shoot 6, loot Tk 10 lakh in Joypurhat
A gang of masked robbers looted Tk 10 lakh after shooting six people at a cold storage in Kalai upazila of Joypurhat in the early hours of today.
About 20 to 25 armed and masked robbers attacked the North South Cold Storage in the upazila around 2:30am and started firing indiscriminately, our Dinajpur correspondent reported quoting its Manager Tariq Hossain.
Six people were shot during the firing. They were Sirajul Islam, Mamunur Rashid, Ahedul Islam, Mozammel Haque, Shah Alam and an unidentified woman. The victims were taken to the Bogra Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital for treatment.
“The robbers looted Tk 10 lakh from our office and fled,” Manager Tariq said.
The district’s additional superintendent of police, Biman Karmaker, endorsed the incident of robbery and casualty. Procedures were underway to file a case with the Kalai Police Station in this connection.
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