Robbery at teacher's home in Manikganj: family held at gunpoint, gold and cash looted

Robbers raided a teacher's house in Shibaloy, Manikganj, late at night and looted nearly five bhori of gold ornaments and around 50,000 taka in cash. The family members were allegedly held at gunpoint, and the teacher's two daughters were beaten during the robbery.

The incident took place at around 3:30am on Friday night in Mehedipur village of Uthli union in the upazila. The victim, Shyamol Chandra Mondal, is an assistant teacher at Noyarbari High School.

According to the complaint, Shyamol Chandra Mondal went to sleep with his family members at around 10pm on Friday. At around 3:30am, four robbers broke the lock of the house's main gate and entered. One of them had his face tied with a gamchha.

The robbers first looted nearly five bhori of gold ornaments from a steel trunk kept in the teacher's mother's room. They then took 50,000 taka in cash from another room.

They then entered the room of the teacher's two daughters. The daughters were beaten at gunpoint. The robbers took 15,000 taka in cash from that room and broke open two earthen banks and took the money kept inside.

Teacher Shyamol Chandra Mondal said four robbers entered the house with local weapons after breaking the lock. They held the family hostage at gunpoint, ransacked and vandalised household items, and looted cash and gold ornaments. His two daughters were also beaten at the time.

He filed a written complaint at Shibaloy police station on Saturday night against four unidentified people in connection with the incident.

Aminul Islam, officer-in-charge of Shibaloy police station, said a written complaint has been received in the incident. Legal action will be taken after investigation.

Police have started investigating the incident. Efforts are under way to identify and arrest those involved on the basis of the complaint.