Traders strike over police failure

Though police arrested four alleged robbers, they are yet to recover looted cash and machinery.

The traders called the strike yesterday, four days after expiry of the three-day time police sought for recovering the cash and machinery.

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All shops of the markets in Nawabpur kept their shutters down from noon to 2:00pm. Nine local traders' associations expressed solidarity with the strike called by Bangladesh Agricultural Machinery Merchants Association (BAMMA).

Later, they brought out a procession and held a rally in front of BAMMA office at Madan Pal Lane.

Faisal and Saiful Islam were arrested from Wari and a white pick-up van, allegedly used during the robbery, was recovered from their possession. Yusuf and Shamim were also arrested from Kalyanpur and Adabar.

The four were produced before the court yesterday on completion of their two-day remand. The court later sent them to jail.

Seven armed robbers went to agricultural machinery markets at Nawabpur at 3:15am on June 16. Tying two on-duty guards, Nahid and Ruhul Amin, they took away cash and machinery worth Tk 5.25 lakh from eight shops in three markets of the area.