Dhanmondi gold heist: 3 arrested, 50 tola gold recovered

Police have arrested three individuals for their alleged involvement in a heist at a jewellery shop in Dhanmondi's Shimanto Sambhar Shopping Complex.

Md Rubel, 28, Shafik alias Sohel, 35, and Saddam Hossain, 31, were arrested in drives conducted in Cumilla's Companyganj and Muradnagar areas between January 9 and January 11.

Gold ornaments weighing around 50 tola were also recovered from their possession, said Mohammad Nasirul Islam, DMP's joint police commissioner (DB South), at a press briefing held at the DMP Media Centre yesterday.

On January 3, a gang of criminals looted the shop, Crown Diamond and Jewellers, on the ground floor of the shopping complex.

CCTV footage showed the criminals broke the lock of the shop, stole the ornaments and exited it in just eight minutes when the employees went out for Friday prayers at around 1:00pm.

Following the incident, shop owner Kazi Akash filed a case with the Dhanmondi Model Police Station, stating that unidentified burglars had broken the locks of the showroom and stolen gold ornaments weighing 159 tola, valued at approximately Tk 2.50 crore.

Rubel was apprehended on Thursday while travelling home to Chattogram from Cox's Bazar. His confession led to the subsequent arrests.

Further interrogation revealed the location of the stolen gold, which was traced to a jewellery shop in Companyganj Bazaar. There, 28.14 tola of gold ornaments and 21 tola of melted gold were recovered.

"In total, 50.8 tola of stolen gold, valued at approximately Tk 70 lakh, have been recovered. We have identified the those involved in the heist. Efforts are underway to apprehend the rest of the culprits and recover the rest of the stolen gold," said Nasirul.