450 tolas gold jewellery stolen in capital
Burglars stole around 450 tolas of gold jewellery from a shop in the capital's Eastern Plaza between Monday night and early yesterday.
Kartick Karmakar, owner of the shop, Shatarupa Jewellers, housed on the third floor, said they closed the shop on Monday night and found it robbed after opening it yesterday around 10:30am.
Tuesday is observed as a weekly holiday by shops, markets and commercial establishments in Hatirpool area, where Eastern Plaza is situated.
All the jewellery, except some light ones, have been stolen. However, the burglars did not damage anything, he said.
Kalabagan Police Station Officer-in-Charge Enamul Hoque said although the shop's doors and padlocks were intact, police found one square feet of its false ceiling open. Police suspect that the burglars entered through the gap.
“The market authority installed iron bars on the false ceiling but a portion of it inside the shop was open,†said Kalabagan Police Station Sub-inspector Jalaluddin.
Detective Branch of Police and Criminal Investigation Department's forensic unit collected fingerprints from the dust on the false ceiling.
The market's Security-in-Charge Masud Rana said access to the market on holidays, without the market authority's permission, was prohibited.
However, some workers conducted maintenance on the 3rd floor's central air conditioner on Tuesday, when Ansar personnel were on duty, he said.
No case was filed and no arrest was made in this connection till filing of this report around 6:00pm.
Last February, a shop next door, Grambangla Jewelry, had 775 tolas of gold jewellery stolen in the same manner during a weekly holiday.
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