Bangladesh Bank official robbed of Tk 5 lakh by men in a private car in Gazipur's Kaliakair
A Bangladesh Bank official has been robbed of Tk 500,000 while returning home after withdrawing the money from Sonali Bank in Kaliakair, Gazipur. The robbers arrived in a private car, blocked his autorickshaw and snatched the bag of money before fleeing.
The incident took place at around 2:30pm on Sunday (25 October) near Bangshai Bridge on the Dhaka-Tangail highway. The victim, A M M Touhidur Rashid, is an additional director of Bangladesh Bank.
Touhidur Rashid said he withdrew Tk 500,000 at noon from his father S M Harunur Rashid's account at Sonali Bank's Kaliakair branch. He was then returning home by autorickshaw with his uncle Tasnim Uddin.
At around 2:30pm, as they reached Bangshai Bridge, a white private car came from behind and blocked their battery-run autorickshaw. A man reached out from the car and snatched the bag of money from Touhidur Rashid. The car then sped off towards Tangail.
After the robbery, Touhidur Rashid called the police emergency service number. However, the robbers fled before police reached the scene.
The official filed a written complaint at Kaliakair police station at around 6pm over the incident.
Kaliakair police station officer-in-charge Shahidul Islam said, 'On receiving news of the robbery, police were quickly sent to the scene. But the robbers had fled before police arrived. The victim has filed a complaint at the station. Police are working with priority to arrest those involved.'
