Tk 11cr heist: Case transferred to DB

The much-talked about Tk 11.25 crore heist case has been transferred to the Detective Branch (DB) of police from the Turag Police Station.

Moudut Hawlader, officer-in-charge of Turag Police Station, confirmed this to The Daily Star today.

The robbery took place in Turag area around 7:15am on Thursday when officials of Money Plant Link Private Ltd, the firm assigned for transporting the money to DBBL ATMs, were heading towards Savar EPZ in a microbus from Mirpur DOHS, with Tk 11.25 crore in four trunks.

Hours after the incident, police detained seven people for questioning, including two directors of Money Plant and the driver of the microbus who was hired by the robbers from a rent-a-car service. However, they were released yesterday.

On Thursday evening, without opening the trunks, Detective Branch chief Harun or Rashid told reporters that the majority of the looted money was recovered and he assumed it could be about Tk 9 crore.

"We have recovered most of the money, which could be over Tk 9 crore, though we haven't opened the trunks yet. Because, we will bring those who got the keys and then open the trunks. Since three of the four trunks are here, we hope around Tk 9 crore could be inside those," he said at press briefing in front of the Le Méridien hotel in Khilkhet.

But when the trunks were opened at Turag Police Station, officials found Tk 3,89,50,000. Turag Police Station Inspector (investigation) Shariful Islam confirmed this to The Daily Star.