700 sacks of rice looted

Armed robbers looted a huge quantity of rice from a rice mill in Jhenidah Sadar upazila early yesterday.

Owner of RK Enterprise Rice Mill Moniruzzaman said a gang of 15/20 took away 700 sacks of rice.

Officer-in-Charge Harendranath Sarkar of Sadar Police Station said a gang boarding on two trucks entered the rice mill at Bishaykhali Bazar.

They tied up five labourers of the mill, looted 700 sacks of rice and fled the scene, the OC added.