Robbery in Narayanganj
Robbers looted gold ornaments, cash and other valuables worth 20 lakh from a businessman's house at Joyrampur village in Sonargaon upazila early Saturday. Locals said a gang of masked robbers numbering 7/8 stormed into the house of Azharul Islam Mithu breaking open the door at about 2am and took the house members hostage at gunpoint. At one stage the gang beat up and stabbed the Mithu and his wife Shaila Parvin leaving them critically injured. They also beat up Mithu's mother Jahanara Begum, 55, and housemaid Jamila Khatun, 32, indiscriminately when they tried to resist them. Later, the robbers decamped with Tk 10.20 lakh in cash, 14 tolas of gold ornaments and other valuables worth Tk 20 lakh.
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