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26 May 2009, 18:00 PM

NATIONAL

Our Correspondent, Jhenidah

A gang of 10 to 12 criminals yesterday looted valuables worth Tk 10 lakh from 11 business establishments. Police and traders said, the gang came to the local bazar at Shakharidah in Harinakundu upazila in the early morning, tied up three nightguards and looted several shops of clothes, jewelers, shoes and hardware. Police, however, termed the incident as theft, not robbery.