Robbers loot 10 shops in Kushtia, Barisal
Robbers looted nine shops in Kushtia yesterday and took away over 150 tolas of gold from a jewellery shop in Barisal on Wednesday.
Armed robbers looted nine shops at Kamlapur bazar in Sadar upazila in Kashtia district early yesterday, reports our correspondent.
According to police, an armed gang went to the bazar, 6 kilometres away from Kushtia town and held two night guards hostage at gunpoint at about 2:00am.
Then the robbers broke the locks and looted cash and valuables from three jewellery and seven clothes shops.
In Barisal, robbers looted 152 tolas gold from a jewellery shop at city's business centre at Katpotti road near Kotwali police station on Wednesday night.
Owner of 'Badhua Jewellery' Satyajit Karmaker said, on Wednesday, he returned to his house closing his shop at around 10:30pm but on Thursday morning he found the shutters of the shop broken.
He also found his iron safe broken and 152 tolas of gold ornaments missing. Satyajit said the robbers entered the shop late at night and looted the gold ornament worth about Tk 80 lakh.
A case was filed and police detained two night guards of the business centre for interrogation.
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