Jewellers keep shutters down for an hour
Demand arrest of robbers
Jewellery shops in the capital kept the shutters down for one hour from 12:00 noon yesterday to protest the robbery that took place in three jewellery shops at Holland Centre Shopping Plaza in North Badda on November 26.
The jewellers also protested the inaction of the law enforcement agencies on the issue.
A number of jewellery shops have been looted recently, but no steps have been taken to arrest the criminals or recover the looted valuables, said MA Wadud Khan, president of Bangladesh Jewellers' Society.
He demanded that the authorities step up security measures at shopping complexes to prevent robberies.
The shop owners also expressed their disappointment, saying that closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage showing the robbers have been supplied to the law enforcement agencies, but no arrests have been made so far.
If the robbers go unpunished, more robbery will take place, pushing the jewellery business into ruin, they said.
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