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<i>'Robber cop' closed</i>

24 February 2009, 18:00 PM

NATIONAL

A Correspondent, Kurigram

A sub-inspector (SI) of police of Ulipur Police Station was closed to Kurigram Police Lines Monday night for his alleged involvement in a robbery. The closed SI is Shafiqul Islam and an investigation is going on probe the incident of robbery, said Kurigram Superintendent of Police (SP) Mahbubur Rahman. Diesel traders Anwar Hossain, 35, and Abdul Gafur, 40, of Motherganj union under Kachakata Police Station in Negeswari upazila were going to Chilmari oil depot by a shallow engine-driven boat on the Brahmaputra on Sunday. They were carrying about five lakh taka and 61 blank drums to buy diesel. As the boat reached near Moshaler shoal of Begumganj union in Ulipur upazila at about 3:30 pm, a gang of robbers numbering six intercepted them. As soon as the traders slowed down the speed of the boat, the robbers climbed on the boat. They beat them up and looted their entire money. The robbers also took away the handle of the shallow engine. The next day when the traders came to Ulipur Police Station to file a case, they were amazed to see SI Shafique who took part in the robbery. They informed the matter to the Officer-in-Charge (OC) of the police station. The OC brought it to the notice of the SP who in his primary investigation found the SI involved in the robbery. Then the SI was immediately closed to police lines. Investigation is still going on against the guilty, said the SP.