Jewellery shop robbery: 5 held

15 May 2010, 18:00 PM

Staff Correspondent

Detectives yesterday arrested five people on charges of robbery at two jewellery shops at the Muktijuddha Super Market at Mirpur in the city. A gang of burglars took away 782 tolas of gold from Dewan Jewellery on April 25 and another gang of robbers looted 267 tolas of gold from New Sananda Jewellers on March 3. The detectives arrested Abbas Ali alias Kiron with over 20 tolas of stolen gold from his house at Kaliakoir of Gazipur for his involvement in the burglary at Dewan Jewellers. Four others -- Yakub Mal, Kalam, Babul and Rafique who are involved in the robbery at New Sananda Jewellers -- were arrested from different parts in the capital and Gazipur. An auto-rickshaw they used for the robbery was also seized, said Assistant commissioner (AC) Mohammad Solaiman of DB said. At the DB office in the city yesterday, Abbas admitted to reporters that they first broke open the locks of Jyoti Cosmetics and Imitation Jewellers and made a hole into the common wall to enter Dewan Jewelley on the ground floor of the market. Earlier, the police recovered 194 tolas of gold, stolen from Dewan Jewellry, at Jatrabari in the city on April 25 and arrested two alleged burglars -- Amir and Alam -- on May 4 who also gave statement under section 164 when they were produced before a Dhaka court. On March 9, five youths entered the New Sananda Jewellery posing as customers, pointed firearms at the lone employee present at the time and made off with over 250 tolas of gold ornaments within minutes. AC Solaiman said, “Eight burglars committed the burglary at Dewan Jewelry using masonry tools to create a hole in the wall.” They arrested three burglars so far, he said and blamed the lax security system of the market for the robberies. He said the security guard of the market is hearing impaired. So, he could not hear the burglars making a hole through the wall.