No headway in Tk 26 lakh mugging case
Although 12 days had passed since armed muggers snatched Tk 26 lakh from MIKA Properties and Securities Ltd. staff, there had been no headway in the case.
Meanwhile, Managing Director of the firm AA Maniruzzaman alleged that police with an intention to hide their failure to arrest the culprits, made one of his employees a 'scapegoat'.
A gang of armed muggers, riding on motorbikes, shot Office Assistant Jyotindra Chandra Barman and made away with the money when the latter along with Cash Executive AKM Shafiullah Rubel was going to deposit the amount to a bank on Kemal Ataturk Avenue on April 18.
Following the incident, police showed Rubel arrested as a suspect and later produced him before the court that sent him to jail.
Another official of the business firm alleged Rubel was implicated an accused in the case statement according to the police directives.
In the meantime, the case was shifted to detective branch from Gulshan police for their failure to make any headway.
Officer-in-Charge of Gulshan Police Station Kamal Uddin yesterday told The Daily Star, "It is true that we could not arrest anyone else and recover the money, but our investigation made us confident that detained Rubel was involved in the snatching and the gun attack was a drama staged by Rubel in cooperation with his men."
Assistant Commissioner Obaidul Huq of detective branch said they received the case dockets recently and were trying to unearth the mystery behind the incident and recover the money.
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