Two held for mugging, truck looted in N'ganj
Police in separate drives arrested two people on Monday night on charge of looting Tk 14 lakh from a businessman at Nitaiganj in the town.
The arrestees were identified as Mukul, 35, and Kamal, 32.
Mukul, ringleader of a mugging gang, was held at Chittagong Road in Siddhirganj here while Kamal picked up from Panthapath in Dhaka.
Police also recovered Tk 10,000 from the possessions of Mukul.
Businessman Golam Farid Mithun was robbed of Tk 14 lakh and some documents by an armed gang in Nitaiganj on the night of August 8.
Meanwhile, a T-shirt laden truck was looted by criminals at Panchabati BSCIC industrial area in Fatulla thana early yesterday.
Waiz Uddin, owner of the goods, said he along with three other partners bought 11,050 pieces of wastage T-shirts worth Tk three lakh from Goria Fashion at No. 1 lane of BSCIC.
A gang of armed muggers blocked a truck carrying the goods, beat up five people on board and took away the truck at gunpoint at about 4am, he said.
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