Robber beaten to death
Jewellery shop looted
An alleged robber was beaten to death by a mob and two members of a house were stabbed in Bunti area under Araihazar upazila of the district early yesterday.
The deceased was identified as Elem, 35, son of late Sona Mia of Girda village of the same upazila.
Police said, a gang 15 to 20 robbers swooped on the house of Julhash Mia, a cloth trader of the village by breaking open the door early yesterday and took the house members hostage at gunpoint.
Then they looted Tk 3 lakh cash, gold ornaments and four mobile sets.
The criminals also seriously stabbed Julhash, 60 and his son Manzur Hossain, 28
Hearing the screams of the victims, locals chased the robbers and managed to catch one of them and beat him up mercilessly, leaving him dead on the spot.
In Rajbari, robbers took away 101 tolas of gold ornaments from a jewellery shop from a market in the district town early Tuesday.
Police said, breaking open the collapsible gate, a gang of robbers entered the shop of Annonya Jewellers at Poura Millennium Market at about 3:30am and looted 101 tolas of gold ornaments worth about Tk 40 lakh.
None was arrested in this connection. A case was filed.
Another report from Narayanganj adds: Robbers looted Tk 1 lakh cash from five shops of NS Super Market at Shimrail in Siddhirganj upazila early Tuesday .
Police said, breaking open the doors a gang looted the amount from five shops late at night. But the robbers did not touch other valuables of the shops.
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