Chittagong police yesterday arrested three persons from different areas of the port city in connection with a gold robbery case lodged on May 29 this year. The police recovered 16 tolas (around 186grams) of gold jewellery from their possession.
The arrestees Mizanur Rahman alias Shahed, 24, Md Karim, 23, and Md Rubel, 20, are members of a gang involved in stealing gold jewellery from different ornament shops of the city, police said. The three lived in different areas of the city and repeatedly changed their residences to escape police vigil.
On May 29, about 25 tolas gold ornaments were stolen from an outlet of Golden Inn at Apollo Shopping Centre in the city’s Kazir Dewri area, said a Chittagong Metropolitan Police Public Relation department press release.
Kotwali police station Officer-in-Charge Jasim Uddin told the Dhaka Tribune that the three, in primary interrogation, confessed to the crimes and said the recovered gold ornaments were stolen from the outlet. The arrestees were shown arrest in the case which was lodged with the police station regarding the May 29 incident, he said.
Drives are being conducted to arrest the rest of the gang, he added.
