Princh Mondal Olif, Bagerhat District Representative:
A daring theft occurred at the rented residence of a government-employed couple in the Syedmahallah village under Mulghar Union of Fakirhat upazila, Bagerhat, where cash and gold ornaments were stolen. Police have already visited the scene.
According to police and the affected family, Sheikh Zahidul Islam, a senior administrative officer at the Atomic Energy Commission, and his wife Shahana Parveen, headmistress of Syedmahallah Government Primary School, have been living as tenants on the ground floor of an expatriate named Anis Khan Chowdhury's house in Syedmahallah for a long time.
Sometime on Wednesday night (November 11), a group of thieves cut the window and veranda grills of the couple's apartment to break inside. They subsequently smashed a wardrobe lock and fled with BDT 20,000 in cash along with approximately 5 bhori of gold ornaments—including two gold bangles, two pairs of earrings, two churis, and a chain—along with other valuables.
The victim, Sheikh Zahidul Islam, stated that since the couple was sleeping in another room at the time, they were completely unaware of the audacious theft. On Thursday morning (November 12) upon waking up, they discovered the incident and immediately informed the local police station. A formal written complaint has been filed by the householder at the Fakirhat Model Police Station.
Officer-in-Charge (OC) Md. Rofiullah Khan of Fakirhat Model Police Station confirmed the incident, stating that police visited the spot and a written complaint has been lodged by the victim. Legal procedures to register a case are currently underway.
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Bangladesh Diary
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