Burglars stole gold, diamond ornaments and cash worth Tk2.34 crore after breaking into two jewellery shops in the city, police said on Saturday.
The burglary took place at Rojonigondha Tower market of Kachukhet in the city on Friday night.
Abul Kalam Bhuiya, owner of Shop-3 and Shop-10 on the ground floor of the market told UNB that employees closed the two shops at around 10:00pm on Friday night.
He got a phone call from the manager of a diagnostic centre of the market at around 8:30am on Saturday. Instantly he came to the market as the manager informed him that the lock of the shop-3 was opened, he said.
Being informed, policemen from the local Vasantek police station rushed to the spot.
They found the ornaments and cash money of the two shops missing when shutters of the two shops were opened in the presence of police, the owner of the shops said.
Valuables worth around Tk2.35 crore, including 300 bharies gold ornaments, diamond ornaments worth Tk30 lakh and cash Tk5 lakh were found stolen, he added.
Contacted, Officer-in-charge (OC) of Vasantek Police station Delewar Hossain told UNB that a case was registered with the police station in connection with the incident.
CCTV footage of the market has already been collected and some employees, including security guards, of the tower are being interrogated as part of the investigation, the OC said.