A security guard was killed yesterday by unidentified robbers while they were robbing a house in the city’s New Eskaton area.
The deceased was Abdur Rahim (40) from Muladir Char of Barisal.
According to the family living in house no 33 in New Eskaton, 13 robbers, around 30-40 years of age, entered the house from the second floor, early yesterday morning.
“The robbers confined four members of my family and stole around Tk5 lakh (US$ 4000) and gold worth Tk80 lakh,” said Laikue Ali Chowdhury.
The robbers had sharp knives with them during the robbery.
“It seemed like they were not professional robbers, but knew a lot about my family,” he added.
The deceased security guard, Rahim, had worked in that house for four years.
Sub-inspector Alam Mia of Ramna police station told Dhaka Tribune, “After being informed by the family members, police rushed to the spot and recovered the body of the security guard. A murder and robbery case was filed with our police station and though no one has been arrested yet, we have questioned the housemaids and are trying to arrest the culprits.”
“It seems the robbers murdered the security guard because had he spotted them and had tried to inform people outside the house. They strangled him with a towel,” he added.
In another incident, the unidentified body of a young girl, aged approximately 20, was recovered from a lane beside Robbani Hotel in Mirpur 10 area early in the morning yesterday when police were informed by the locals, confirmed Sub- inspector Rashidul Islam of Mirpur Police station.
The body was sent to Dhaka Medical College Hospital for an autopsy.
