After receiving information about a bank robbery in the Chunkutia area of South Keraniganj in Dhaka, law enforcement agencies, with the help of locals, have seized the bank branch. Efforts are underway to arrest the robbery gang members staying inside the bank.
Locals said that the robbers entered the bank at around 1:30 pm. At that time, hundreds of people in the vicinity surrounded the bank branch when they heard about the robbery from the mike of a nearby mosque.
South Keraniganj Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Mazharul Islam confirmed this information to Bangladesh Pratidin, saying that three armed robbers were staying inside the bank. When the robbers entered the Rupali Bank in Chunkutia area, locals gathered around and locked the bank from outside. Upon receiving the information, police and other law enforcement agencies went there.
According to the information, the robbers are carrying firearms with them. Efforts are being made to make them surrender.
Bd-pratidin English/Lutful Hoque
