Cheats take away money

A Correspondent, Bagerhat
A gang of cheat yesterday swindled a land office staff out of Tk 79 thousand at Sonali Bank local branch in the city. Victim Saifur Rahman said he drew the amount meant for salaries of his colleagues from the bank at noon. While he was counting the money on the counter, somebody told him that a bundle of money fell on the floor. He looked for it on the floor and saw nothing. “By this time, the gang took away the whole amount and vanished in the crowd,” Saiful said. Branch manager Porimolendu Kumar Nath said three culprits have been identified though CCTV camera and their photos sent to the police for arrest. Officer-in-charge of Bagerhat Sadar police station said, “We could identify the gang of cheat and have launched a drive to arrest them.”