Bangladesh: Two expats’ houses looted in Sylhet

Dhaka, Dec 14 (The New Age): Robbers looted valuables worth Tk 10 lakh breaking into the houses of two expatriates at West Charia village in Bianibazar upazila early Thursday.
Local people said some miscreants riding an ambulance came and stormed the house of expatriate Alauddin and made the house inmates hostage at gunpoint.
They looted 8/9 bhoris of gold ornaments, laptops, mobile phone sets and cash around 3:30am.
Later, they also raided another expatriate Paki Miah’s house at the same village and took away six bhoris of gold ornaments, Tk 30,000 and other valuables adopting the same means.
Officer-in-charge of Bianibazar police station Abul Kalam Azad confirming the incidents said police visited the spot and steps would be taken to arrest the culprits.