18 bhori of gold snatched from woman at Chandpur station recovered, three arrested
District Detective Branch (DB) police have arrested three people over the snatching of 19 bhori of gold ornaments, Tk 125,000 in cash and three mobile phones from a woman at Chandpur Boro Railway Station. Police recovered 18 bhori of the snatched gold, Tk 48,000 in cash and a smartphone.
Additional Superintendent of Police (Administration and Finance) Nadia Noor shared the information at a press briefing at the conference room of the Chandpur Superintendent of Police's office on Sunday (8 November) at noon.
Police said the snatching took place at around 4:56 am on 5 November on the platform of Chandpur Boro Railway Station. Fatema Akter, a resident of Faridganj upazila, had left home to travel to Chattogram and reached Chandpur station when the snatchers took 19 bhori of gold ornaments, Tk 125,000 in cash and three mobile phones from her.
The victim's brother, Merajul Islam, filed a case with Chandpur Railway Police Station as the complainant. After the case was filed, Superintendent of Police Md Mizanur Rahman assigned the shadow investigation to the District Detective Branch.
On the instructions of the Superintendent of Police and the Additional Superintendent of Police, a team led by Md Mojibur Rahman, officer-in-charge of the District Detective Branch, including SI Ziaul Haque Zia and ASI Zahir Uddin, began the investigation and operation.
Acting on detective information, police raided different places in Chandpur and arrested the main accused, Md Jahid Hossain, also known as Kela Jahid (21), and Rabbi Hossain (24). Jahid Hossain is the son of Md Jahangir Hossain of Sramik Colony in Chandpur town, and Rabbi Hossain is the son of Abdul Malek Kurali of the Jamtola area of the town.
Later, at dawn on 7 November, police arrested another man, Jahid, also known as Goru Jahid (21), from the house of an accused person's sister's in-laws at Maizkandi village, Ward No. 2 of Maizkandi union under Kishoreganj Sadar Police Station. Police recovered Tk 48,000 in cash and a smartphone from his possession.
According to police, acting on information from the arrested Goru Jahid, police recovered the snatched gold ornaments at around 9:30 pm the same day from beneath the stairs of the Barafkal VIP ghat at Chandpur Boro Station and from a tunnel of the river pontoon. He himself brought the ornaments out from the places he pointed to.
The recovered ornaments include seven chains, five rings, four pairs of earrings, two ruli, a necklace and a bracelet. The total weight of the recovered gold is about 18 bhori.
Additional Superintendent of Police Nadia Noor said all three accused involved in the incident have been arrested, and due legal action has been taken against them.
