Expatriate's house looted

Unb, Sylhet
Robbers looted gold jewellery and cash worth Tk 20 lakh from an expatriate's house at Tilagarh in the city early Thursday. Sources said a gang of armed robbers swooped on the house of UK expatriate Masud Ahmed Chowdhury at dead of night and looted Tk 1.25 lakh, 30 tolas of gold jewellery, two mobile phone sets and a DVD taking the members of the house hostage at gunpoint. The gang managed to escape with the booty.