Police in Comilla could neither nab the gang that robbed a Taiwanese entrepreneur of Tk31 lakh nor recover the money until yesterday afternoon.
Sub-Inspector of the Detective Branch of police in Comilla Firoz Hossain, also the investigating officer of the case, said several police and RAB teams were trying to capture the accused and to recover the money they had taken away.
Local Chhatra League leader Sohel Ibne Mohiuddin was sued for leading the gang to coerce Huangjun Yu, managing director of Yagotex Fabrics in Comilla EPZ area, into giving the money on Wednesday.
Huangjun stated in the case statement that five to six men led by Sohel entered his rented flat in section 3 of the housing estate area around 1:30pm, held him at gunpoint and forced him to write a cheque for Tk23 lakh.
Sohel then transferred the money from Prime Bank’s Comilla branch to the account of his firm, Aab Yaaz Enterprise, by wire transfer.
They also took Tk8 lakh in cash from Huangjun’s flat and made him sign two blank cheques before leaving.
Sohel, a leader of Chhatra League’s Comilla Victoria Government College unit, served in prison a year earlier on charges of embezzling Tk38 lakh from a Dhaka-based businessman named Azad, sources said.