Woman Held at Gunpoint in Broad Daylight in Chattogram's Rauzan, Tk 25 Lakh Meant for Land Purchase Snatched
A woman named Shamsun Nahar has allegedly been robbed of Tk 25 lakh in cash at gunpoint in broad daylight in Rauzan, Chattogram. The money was meant for buying land.
The incident took place at around 10:30am on Tuesday (27 October) in the Baruapara area of the Kadolpur Natunhat link road in the upazila. According to the victim, an armed gang of eight to ten men who arrived on two motorcycles and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw carried out the robbery.
Shamsun Nahar is a resident of Ward No. 8 of Kadolpur Union in Rauzan. She was carrying Tk 25 lakh in cash in her bag as she travelled to the sub-registry office to register the land.
She said a motorcycle pulled up in front of their CNG auto-rickshaw and blocked its path. Two men from another motorcycle then got down and snatched the auto-rickshaw's key and the driver's mobile phone. When the driver tried to resist, one of them drew a pistol from his waist. Two more men arriving on another motorcycle then snatched her bag of money at gunpoint.
In a tearful voice, Shamsun Nahar said: 'I kept telling them — kill me, but don't take my money. But they took all my money. It was my younger son's hard-saved money. I was going to buy land with his money. Now I don't know what I will do.'
The robbery in broad daylight has caused a stir across Rauzan. Condemning the incident, Barrister Tarek Akbar Khondkar, convener of the central executive committee of the Khaleda Zia Smriti Sangsad, said: 'Such an incident is not acceptable in any way.' Expressing concern over Rauzan's law and order situation, he strongly demanded that the administration ensure the safety of people's lives and property.
Rauzan Police Station's Officer-in-Charge Md Saiful Islam said: 'The victim has filed a general diary (GD) at the police station. Efforts are under way to identify those involved in the robbery and bring them under the law.'
Meanwhile, a series of violent incidents, shootings and murders in Rauzan in recent times has raised public concern. At least 12 criminal gangs are reportedly active across the upazila's 14 unions and one municipality. Nurul Amin, a trader at Pahartali Chowmuhani Bazar, said: 'In this upazila, even a betel-leaf shop owner has to do business by paying extortion money.'
According to law enforcement data, 27 murders took place in Rauzan between 5 August 2024 and September 2026. Police said 20 of them stemmed from political disputes. During the same period, more than 350 people were injured in over a hundred shootings and clashes.
