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Vol. 5 Num 856 Sat. October 21, 2006  
   
Metropolitan


Robbery in city house


A gang of robbers claiming themselves as students looted valuables worth Tk 1.6 lakh from a school teacher's house at Mohammadpur in the city yesterday.

The victim Nur Alam Siddique told The Daily Star that five robbers claiming themselves as his students rang the doorbell at around 1:15pm after he went to mosque to say Juma prayers.

After entering the room, the robbers tied up his wife and his sister, took the keys of almirahs by holding his two-year-old daughter at knife's point and took away Tk 1.4 lakh in cash, a cellphone set and some valuable stuffs.