Two killed as highway robbery turns violent in Gazipur

At least two people have been killed in a robbery in Gazipur's Sreepur Upazila. At least four people have been arrested over the incident that occurred around 3am on Friday at Satkhamair Bazar Mazar area on the Mawna-Bormi Regional Highway, reports bdnews24.com.

Police say the dead are 22-year-old robbery gang member Md Arif Hossain from Cumilla and 40-year-old autorickshaw driver Abul Kalam from Sreepur. The arrestees are also members of the robber gang.

Pick-up truck driver Md Shafiqul Islam, a witness to the incident, said he was heading towards Bormi from MC Bazar in Sreepur. A gang of six to seven robbers then blocked his vehicle by placing trees on the road in the Mazar area near Satkhamair Bazar. They took away his mobile phone and money.