11C robbery: 4 accused give confessional statements to magistrate

Four of the accused, arrested over their involvement in the robbery of Tk11.25 crore of a bank from a private security agency's vehicle in Dhaka's Uttara, have confessed to their involvement in the crime.

The arrestees are Akash, Sagar Matabbar, Mizanur Rahman, and Sona Mia.

They gave the confessional statements after police produced them before a Dhaka court on Thursday. 

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Shahidul Islam recorded the statements of Mizanur Rahman and Sona Mia and Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Nurul Huda Chowdhury recorded the statements of Akash and Sagar Matabbar. 

All four of them were sent to jail.

On March 9, robbers looted cash worth Tk11.25 crore from a vehicle of Money Plant Ltd while it was going to refill money at the ATM of Dutch Bangla Bank in Savar, in Turag area of Dhaka's Uttara.

So far, 11 people have been arrested and Tk7.1 crore has been recovered, reports UNB.