Robbers loot city house, 2 held

Police recovered six tolas of gold ornaments, three cameras, a table clock and Tk 3,000 in coins from the two -- Guljar Hossain alias Rony and Arshad Uddin alias Asad.

The four other members of the gang managed to flee along with 19 tolas of gold ornaments, Tk 47,000 and other valuables.

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The previous day, Rony and Asad came to the house of Custom Inspector Md Nazimuddin at North Badda seeking to rent a room and paid Tk 500 in advance after fixing the rent at Tk 3,500.

They along with four others entered the house at around 12 noon yesterday and taped the mouths of two daughters of the landlord before looting valuables, said Badda police.

As they were leaving the house along with the booties, local people and police chased them on suspicion and caught hold of the two.