Detectives have recovered around Tk9 crore of the Tk11.25 crore that was stolen from a private security agency's van earlier Thursday.
Members of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police's Detective Branch had recovered three boxes containing Tk9 crore from Uttara, DB chief Additional Commissioner Harun Or Rashid told reporters later in the evening.
They were trying to locate the rest of the money, he said.
The vehicle of a security agency carrying cash to refill DBBL ATMs in Savar was robbed of around Tk11.25 crore in Dhaka's Turag area at noon.
Terming the robbery planned, Detective Branch chief Additional Commissioner Harun Or Rashid said the robbers had been checking out the transfer of money by Money Plant Link Pvt Ltd.
“It is sad but true that the robbers had no weapons on them. We suspect some people. Seven people, including two directors of Money Plant Link Pvt Ltd, have been detained. We will give more details after interrogating them,” he added.
A senior DBBL official, requesting anonymity, told Dhaka Tribune that the vehicle had not been commissioner by the bank.
"The money in the vehicle was not for any branch operations either. Hence, the rumour that money was stolen from one of our bank's vehicles is not correct.”
Asked about the origin of the money stolen during the robbery, the official said: "When ATMs runs out of money, the bank hires third-party companies to transport money to them.
"It is the third party's responsibility to reimburse us, as we also have insurance on that. There was no damage done to the bank, so right now we are not worried about any robbery,” he added.
Earlier in the day, Turag police station OC Moudud Hawlader said a group of armed people intercepted the vehicle transporting money for Dutch Bangla Bank ATMs when its officials were heading towards Savar after collecting the cash from the bank's office.
The gang had robbed them at gunpoint, claimed the police officer, adding that CCTV footage of the spot was being reviewed to arrest the perpetrators.
Dhaka Tribune's Meraj Mavis contributed to this report