Miscreants have reportedly taken away important documents and money by breaking the lockers of Jatiya Press Club.
The untoward incident took place early yesterday, during which the thieves also vandalised the doors and cupboard of the account section.
However, the volume of the money and the nature of documents could not be confirmed immediately.
Later, teams from Detective Branch of Police and Criminal Investigation Department visited the spot in the morning to investigate it. In line with the move, Shahbagh police also picked up a press club staff named Abdul Malek Khokon for questioning.
When contacted, press club Accountant Selim Miah, said around Tk10,000 might have remained missing from the cupboard, even the figure could be increase.
There was Khokon on duty during the incident, who around 4am informed him about the theft, Selim continued.
DB police inspector Abdul Momin said Khokon solely remained in the duty and he has been giving suspicious information during the interrogation.
Shahbagh police station OC Abu Bakkar Siddique said case filing was under process in the incident as of filing this report in the evening.