Robbers loot houses
Robbers looted valuables from a house at Bondiram Char village in Sathia upazila early Friday. Police quoting locals as saying that a gang of armed robbers stormed into the house of Osman Muhuri at the village and looted gold ornaments, money and mobile phone sets, keeping the family members hostage at gunpoint at around 1:00am. Later, the robbers fled the scene with the booty. Police could not arrest any of the gang. Another report from Magura adds: Robbers in the the guise of police stormed into the house of one Mukul Mondol at Bamon Para village in Mohammadpur upazila and looted Tk 75,000 and 15 tolas of gold ornaments early Friday. Hearing screams, locals rushed to the spot, chased the robbers and caught one of the gang members named Monirul Islam, 30. They beat up the robber and later handed him over to the police. Following his confessional statement, police arrested gang members Tizam, 25, Bhiku, 22, Horip, 40, and Sabur, 40, at Dholhara Chandpur village in Sadar upazila.
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