Electrical shop robbery in Kaliganj: two arrested, goods worth nearly Tk 6 lakh recovered with truck and pickup
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Police have arrested two people over a robbery at an electrical goods shop in Kaliganj, Gazipur. Along with them, electrical cables, fans and other goods worth nearly Tk 6 lakh have been recovered, as well as a truck and a pickup used in the robbery.
Kaliganj Circle Additional Superintendent of Police Muktajul Islam disclosed the information at a press conference in the room of the officer-in-charge of Kaliganj Police Station on Wednesday afternoon.
According to him, the robbery took place at around 3am on the night of 13 October at an electrical goods shop named Subahan Enterprise at Boali Mor in Tumulia union of the upazila. A gang of 5/6 people broke the shop’s shutter and entered. They then loaded electrical cables, fans and other goods on to a truck and made off with them, along with cash. Shop owner Salauddin Akanda filed a case with Kaliganj Police Station against unidentified people.
The additional superintendent of police said that to recover the goods and catch those involved, a team of Kaliganj Police Station under his leadership conducted a drive in the Boro Beraid area under Badda Police Station of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on the night of 27 October. From there they arrested Md Ramzan (40), son of Altab Hossain of Boro Beraid area under Badda Police Station in Dhaka, and Md Milon Mia (45), son of late Munsur Ali of Ramchandrapur village under Jhalakathi Sadar Police Station.
The truck and pickup used in the robbery, along with electrical cables, fans and other goods worth nearly Tk 6 lakh, were recovered during the drive. The two arrested were sent to a Gazipur court on Wednesday afternoon.
Kaliganj Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Md Zakir Hossain, Inspector (Investigation) Md Ashraful Islam and investigation officer Mahmudul Hasan were present at the press conference.
Sources
Original report: Bangladesh Pratidin
