8 houses looted, vandalised in Gazipur

Miscreants vandalised eight houses and looted valuables in Tepirabari Satir Bazar of Sreepur of Gazipur on Saturday night allegedly after failing to get extortion money.

Nine people of the houses were also injured in the incident. Following the incident Al Amin, one of the injured, filed a complaint with Sreepur Police Station accusing 25 people including Mosharof and Washim of the area and Elim Jahangir of Mulaid village.

Members of the houses said they came from Mymensingh and Kishoreganj and bought the land to settle down there. When they were constructing their houses the attackers started demanding money for around a month and threatened them of vandalising their houses if they failed to pay the money.

As the members of the houses denied paying the money, the attackers, coming in a pickup-van, disconnected the electricity connection before vandalising furniture and other belongings and looting valuables of their houses on Saturday night, they added. Later, the attackers fled after locals came forward hearing the news. Police said they visited the spot immediately and found proof of vandalism. However, they were not sure about the looting.