Chandpur:District Detective Branch (DB) police have successfully arrested three individuals and recovered 18 bhori of gold ornaments following a robbery at Chandpur Railway Station.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, the police also retrieved Tk 48,000 in cash and a smartphone from the suspects. The robbers had initially taken 19 bhori of gold ornaments, Tk 1.25 lakh in cash, and three mobile phones from a woman.
Additional Superintendent of Police (Administration and Finance) Nadia Noor shared the details in a press briefing at the Chandpur Superintendent of Police's office. The robbery incident occurred on November 5 at the railway station platform when Fatema Akter was preparing to travel to Chattogram.
A case regarding the robbery was filed at Chandpur Railway Police Station. Through intelligence work, a DB team arrested two main suspects, Md Zahid Hossain alias Kela Zahid, 21, and Rabbi Hossain, 24, during raids across the district.
Subsequently, in the early hours of November 7, authorities apprehended another suspect, Zahid alias Goru Zahid, 21, at Maizkandi village in Kishoreganj Sadar upazila. The police recovered the cash and smartphone from him. Information from the suspect led to the recovery of the stolen gold, found beneath the stairs of the VIP Ghat near the ice mill at Chandpur Big Station and in a tunnel in the river pontoon area.