Two constables remanded in case for snatching Tk 54 lakh

Policeman of DMP

A Dhaka court Tuesday placed Police Constables Md Delwar Hossain and Md Abu Sayem on two-day remand in a case filed about snatching Taka 54 lakh. Metropolitan Magistrate Farah Diba Chhonda of Dhaka CMM Court passed the order after police produced the two accused in the court and pleaded to place them on a seven-day remand each.

Besides, the court sent two other accused- Md Mosharraf Hossain and Md Abdul Baten to jail after recording their statements under the Section 164 of the CrPC.

According to the case document, businessman Abul Kalam was going to deposit Taka 54 lakh to Janata Bank Limited’s Motijheel Branch in the morning on October 8 and as he and his grandson Tanvir Hossain reached in front of Unicare Hospital in Dholaipar area, the accused stopped them. They took businessman Kalam inside a microbus by force and snatched the money from him. They threw him out of the vehicle in Rosulpur area on Mawa Highway.

Abul Kalam later filed the case with Shyampur Police Station. Detective Branch (DB) of police later arrested the four accused people from different areas in the capital. - Special Correspondent