Three cops suspended for trying to loot money

Three police constables were suspended on charges of attempting to loot money from the workers of a bakery in old Dhaka yesterday.
The suspended constables are Ilias Hossain, Towhidur Rahman and Ahmed Ullah.
The workers and local people also beat up the constables of the Kayettuli outpost after they entered Purnima Bakery at Nawabkatara in the early hours of yesterday and tried to loot Tk 45,000 from the workers.
On receiving information, forces from Kotwali police station rushed to the spot and rescued the injured policemen, local people said.
Talking to The Daily Star, Kotwali Police Station officer-in-charge (OC) Mohammad Salauddin said the constables entered the bakery without the approval of the higher authorities.
He, however, said that the workers were gambling when the three constables police entered the bakery.