Robbery at Sylhet city

Staff Correspondent, Sylhet
Armed miscreants looted a British passport, money in cash, ornament and other valuable worth about Tk 2 lakh from a house in the city yesterday.

About 6 miscreants, armed with firearms entered the house of one Sarwar Ahmed at the Shaplabag Residential Area at about 12:30pm in the guise of PDB staff saying they have come to check the meter.

The miscreants tied the housewife Razia Sultana, her five-year child Mahin and the domestic help with ropes at gunpoint.

They managed escape along with the booty including a cash of Taka 1,05.000, gold ornament, a British Sarwar, owner of the house and a construction material trader, was not at home during the robbery.

A case was filed with the Kotwali Police Station.