MUNSHIGANJ, Jun 9 (UNB): A young man was killed and 10 other people sustained injuries in separate incidents of robbery at Teghoria and Shekhornagar Dakhkhinhati village in Sirajdikhan upazila early Monday.
The deceased was identified as Rniku Shil, 16, of Shekhornagar Dakhkhinhati village.
Acting superintendent of police M Zakir Hossain Majumdar said a gang of 20-25 robbers wearing masks stormed the house of Anwar Hossain of Teghoria village at about 1:45am and held the house inmates hostage at gunpoint.
They looted huge gold ornaments and other valuables from the house. The handlooms also chopped house inmates when they tried to resist them, leaving four people injured.
Later, the same gang tried to commit robbery at nearby Shekhornagar Dakhkhinhati village.
Hearing the news of robbery, local people, including Panjkonj Sheel and Rinku Sheel, chased off the robbers.
At one stage, robbers fired shots and threw fishing spears at the villagers, leaving six people injured.
As Rinku Sheel getting injured fell to the ground, robbers chopped him with sharp weapons indiscriminately, leaving him dead on the spot.
Critically injured Pankoj and Dr Sajib were admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
The hoodlums looted huge amounts of valuable from five houses of the two villages during robbery from 1:45am to 3:30pm and fled away from the villages by firing.
Police held three people for alleged involvement in the robbery.
Youth killed, 10 hurt by robbers in Munshiganj
FE Team | Published: June 10, 2014 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00
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