Robbers loot night coachess

Robbers loot night coaches in Bogra

Armed robbers looted cash and valuables from the passengers of two night coaches on Sunday night.
Victims said the robbery was held at Jamadar pukur Point on the Bogra-Natore highway under Shajahanpur upazila at 9pm by blocking the road with felled trees.
A gang of 10-12 robbers got on to two passenger buses and a micro-bus and took away 10 mobile phones, 20/25 thousand taka and ornaments from passengers at gun point.
The robbers also beat up two passengers for delay in giving money and a driver for slow driving.
In Chapainawabganj, police on Sunday night arrested two suspected robbers on Kansat-Bholahat road at Roghunathpur village of Shibganj upazila, reports our correspondent.
The arrestees were identified as, Khairul Islam, 30, son of Asadul Haque and Farukh Hossain, 35, son of Nawshad Ali of Mirataluk village under the upazila in Chapainawabganj.
Sub Inspector Dulal Uddin of Shibganj police station said, one Asgar Ali of Roghunathpur village was returning to his village home from Rajshahi along with family members by a car at around 9:00pm. When he reached Roghunathpur area, a gang of 10-15 robbers surrounded his car and took away Tk 31,000 in cash and three tolas of gold.
As Asgar started shouting, local people chased the robbers. The mob caught Khairul and handed him to police. Later, police arrested another robber, Farukh, in this connection.