Mugging in Keraniganj

Police take case at last

4 April 2010, 18:00 PM

Staff Correspondent

Police at last registered a case yesterday, 22 hours after snatching Tk 5.4 lakh from a cloth dealer at Keraniganj by six unidentified criminals under the guise of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) personnel. The muggers also threatened the trader of killing him in a 'crossfire'. In his case statement, cloth trader Rabiullah of Ruhitpur said six armed men identifying themselves as Rab personnel snatched the money around 2:30pm from him at Basta when he was returning home along with his assistant Lokman in a human hauler from Nayabazar. Claiming to be Rab members, the group asked other passengers to get down for a body search, he added. After they found Tk 5.4 lakh with them, they took the two on their microbus and later left them at Rajendrapur, said the statement. OC of South Keraniganj Police Station Nil Utpal Dey said none was arrested so far. SM Kamal Hossain, commanding officer of Rab-10, told The Daily Star: "We've heard about the incident but do not know anything more."