OC closed to Khulna

Moheshpur Police Station officer-in-charge was closed to Khulna police lines due to his negligence of duty, affecting the administration's work.

The deputy inspector general of Khulna range yesterday closed OC Ahmed Kabir Hossain, said Additional Superintendent of Police Ajbahar Ali Sheikh.

Earlier on January 4, a gang looted 47 gold bars from smugglers at Purandapur village in Moheshpur upazila when the gold was being trafficked to India.

Later, six constables and two sub-inspectors of the police station were closed to Jhenidah police lines after an investigation found their negligence in duty during the robbery, said the ASP.

Early Friday, Moheshpur police arrested two robbers with 30 gold bars. However, the arrestees said they were carrying 47 gold bars but the law enforcers could not recover the rest of the bars.