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Police retrieve gold ornaments looted from Thakurgaon MP’s house
Detective police arrested a man with gold ornaments looted from an MP’s house, after they raided a jewellery shop in Nilphamari on Thursday midnight.
Published : 23 March 2018, 05:06 AM
Updated : 23 March 2018, 05:06 AM
The police seized 21 bhori of gold ornaments from an Imran Jewellers outlet adjacent to Syedpur Liberty Cinema Hall in Syedpur Upazila.
Store owner Imran Ali, 40, was arrested for his involvement with the gold robbery, according Syedpur Police Station OC Shajahan Pasha.
A gang of masked armed robbers stormed the house of MP and AL district president Dabirul Islam in Baliadanga Upazila in Thakurgaon and looted the gold ornaments holding the MP’s wife, housekeeper and guard at gunpoint in a predawn heist on Mar 13.
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During the robbery, the MP along with his two sons was in Thailand for treatment. His younger brother Mohamad Ali had filed a case against 20 unknown persons after the robbery.
Ali told bdnews24.com that about 20 robbers entered the house, as the video footage showed, and took away gold ornaments and some cash.
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