A Dhaka court today set April 13 for submitting investigation report in a case lodged over robbery of Tk 11.25 crore from a microbus of a private security service providing company.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Ashek Imam passed the order, accepting first information report (FIR) of the case.

Alamgir Hossain, director (operations) of Money Plant Link Private Ltd, filed the case last night with Turag Police Station against 10-12 unnamed persons.

Earlier on March 9, robbers looted about Tk11.25 crore in cash of Dutch Bangla Bank from in Turag area. 

The incident took place at Dhaka's Turag area at 7:30am on Thursday morning. 

Police said that at Uttara Sector-16, a group of armed people stopped the vehicle and took away the money at gunpoint.

Later, the Detective Branch of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police recovered Tk9 crore just a few hours after some Tk11.25 crore was robbed. 

Besides, police also detained seven people for interrogation in this connection.

BDST: 1749 HRS, MAR 10, 2023
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