Jewellery shop looted at city market

A sensational robbery was committed at a jewellery shop at Shah Ali Shopping Complex in the city’s Mirpur area in broad-daylight yesterday.
Police and witnesses said a gang of robbers being equipped with arms entered Dewan Jewellers on the first floor of the market at about 2:20pm and looted cash and 750 bhories of gold ornaments worth over Tk 1.5 crore from the shop at gunpoint.
Police said seven to eight robbers, in the guise of customers, entered the two shops of Dewan Jewellers when the employees were having lunch.

The gangsters then looted the gold ornaments and the money after keeping the employees hostage at gunpoint and left the shops with the looted ornaments and cash.

Dewan, owner of the shops said, “A few days ago some terrorists demanded Tk 20 lakh from him over mobile phone. Later, I filed a general diary with Shah Ali Police Station in this connection. But the police and RAB did not take any action against them”.

Following the yesterday’s incident, Dewan lodged a case with Mirpur police station in this connection.

Meanwhile, the president of Shah Ali Shopping Complex demanded to ensure safety and security of their lives and businesses. He also demanded immediate arrest of the robbers.

Besides, in protest of yesterday’s robbery, all the shop owners and employees of the market kept their shops closed and brought out a procession.

Mohiuddin Mahmud, officer-in-charge of Mirpur police station told The New Nation yesterday evening that several teams of police had launched drives to arrest the culprits.

Deputy Police Commissioner of the Mirpur Zone Anwar Hossain told The New Nation that they had already launched an investigation into the robbery examining the mobile phone call list of the owner of the shop.

“We expect to nab the criminals within a very shot time,” he further said.