25 tolas gold, Tk 70000 looted in city

A gang of robbers looted 25 tolas of gold ornaments, Tk 70,000 in cash and five cellphone sets from a house in the city's Uttara yesterday.
They also beat up Kardar Ahmed, the house owner, as he protested.
Police said a gang of nine to ten armed robbers broke into the house of Engineer Kardar Ahmed at Uttara Sector-5 at around 3:30pm and looted the valuables holding the inmates hostage at gunpoint.