Criminals take away truck with edible oil
A gang of criminals took away a truck carrying drums of edible oil after drugging the driver and his helper at Shahbagh in the city in the early hours of yesterday.
The victims, Sharif Bepari, 28, and his helper Hasan, were found lying unconscious by the road at Langalbandh in Narayanganj in the morning. The police sent them to Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
The criminals equipped with sharp weapons first tied up the two and gave them the option of taking sedatives or being killed, driver Sharif told reporters in the hospital.
"We chose the first option and took sedatives," he added.
Sharif said the gang of 15 or 16 robbers put up a barricade with an empty truck on the road in front of Aziz Super Market at Shahbagh at about 3:00am while he was heading towards Savar from Khatunganj in Chittagong.
The criminals then dragged Sharif and his helper out of their truck and forced them to get on the empty truck and tied up their hands and legs.
Sharif also said he could not recall what happened after he took the sedatives.
Lutfur, owner of the truck, said the truck was carrying 8.3 tons of edible oil.
Officer-in-charge Rezaul Karim of Shahbag police station said they are yet to recover the truck and the oil drums.
None was arrested in this connection.
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