[Bangla Daily Star] An alleged robber was beaten to death by a mob and two members of a house were stabbed in Bunti area under Araihazar upazila of the district early yesterday.
| It is seriously dangerous to be a miscreant in Bangladesh. It's a wonder anyone survives long enough to be crossfired by the Rab. |
The dear departed was identified as Elem, 35,
| A poor single-namer, with nary an alias in sight... |
son of late Sona Mia
of Girda village of the same upazila.
Police said, a gang 15 to 20 robbers swooped on the house of Julhash Mia, a cloth trader of the village by breaking open the door early yesterday and took the house members hostage at gunpoint.
| "Yer coming wit us, Julhash!" |
Then they looted Tk 3 lakh cash, gold ornaments and four mobile sets.
| Truly, Mr. Julhash Mia was a successful trader indeed. |
The criminals also seriously stabbed Julhash, 60 and his son Manzur Hossain, 28.
Hearing the screams of the victims, locals chased the robbers and managed to catch one of them and beat him up mercilessly, leaving him dead on the spot.
In Rajbari, robbers took away 101 tolas of gold ornaments from a jewellery shop from a market in the district town early Tuesday.
| Is that a lot? It sounds like a lot... |
Police said, breaking open the collapsible gate, a gang of robbers entered the shop of Annonya Jewellers at Poura Millennium Market at about 3:30am and looted 101 tolas of gold ornaments worth about Tk 40 lakh.
| Gold christmas ornaments worth Tk 40 lakh? Truly B-desh is a land of plenty. |
None was jugged in this connection. A case was filed.
Another report from Narayanganj adds: Robbers looted Tk 1 lakh cash from five shops of NS Super Market at Shimrail in Siddhirganj upazila early Tuesday .
| It must be high season for robbers. |
Police said, breaking open the doors a gang looted the amount from five shops late at night. But the robbers did not touch other valuables of the shops. |