Extortionists loot house in Madaripur
A criminal gang known as Badal Bahini, failing to realise illegal toll before the Eid, looted a house at Khaser Haat in Kalkini upazila early yesterday.
Witnesses and police said the criminals belonging to the gang attacked the house of Noor-e-Alam Akhand at about 1:00am. They plundered the house and loaded the valuables including roof of the tin-shed house in a trawler.
Akhand, owner of the house, said Badal Bahini had demanded toll before the Eid, which he refused.
Villagers and police from Kasher Haat camp tried in vain to resist the gang who exploded several bombs, leaving ten people wounded. Police fired two warning shots but in vain.
Later, police held the trawler from the bank of Ariel Kha river. All the looted goods were recovered and one crew of the trawler was arrested. Criminals and other crew of the trawler managed to flee.
Constables Nitai Chandra and Siddiqur Rahman, Nilufa and Shaymoli--two young women of the house--and six villagers wounded in the bomb blasts were admitted to Kalkini Health Complex.
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