10 Augest 2015 Friday

8 killed in broad daylight

Robbery at Savar Bank
Staff Reporter,Dhaka:
Miscreants shot dead seven people, including the manager of
Bangladesh Commerce Bank’s Kathgora branch in Ashulia on the
outskirts of Dhaka, and injured 25 others during a broad daylight
robbery at the bank this afternoon.

Angry locals caught two of the robbers – Raju and Mamun – and beat to
death one of them. The other one was handed over to police.
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The other dead victims have been identified as Wali Ullah, manager of
the bank; Palash, a customer of the bank; Zillur Rahman, a workshop
owner; Monir, a shop owner; and Badrul Alam, a security guard of the
bank.

Bodies have been kept at Enam Medical College Hospital in Savar,

reports our Savar correspondent.

In the latest development, two other injured succumbed to their bullet

injuries at Enam Medical College Hospital.

Anowar Kader Nazim, director of the hospital, confirmed the deaths of

businessmen Jamir Ali, 26, and Nur Mohammad, 45.

According to witnesses, several robbers took position beside the bank,

housed on the first floor of the three-storey building, after 1:00pm.
When the officials were finishing their lunch, the robbers entered the
bank separately in the guise of customers.

Once they were inside, the robbers took the bank staff hostage at
gunpoint and pressed them for key of the vault. As they were delaying to
give the key, the robbers started to beat up some staff.

Some gunshots were heard this time.

Sensing presence of the robbers inside, shop owners on the ground floor
of the building went upstairs and tried to enter the bank.