Three held over attempted looting at Gulshan house: CA’s Press Wing

Three people were detained in connection with the attempt to loot valuables from a house in Gulshan area of Dhaka on Tuesday night, Chief Adviser's press wing said in a Facebook post.

The detainees are Jewel Khandarkar, 48, his son Shakil Khandakar, 24, and another Shakil Ahmed, 28, UNB reports. 

A group of 20 to 25 people entered the house of the ex-wife of Tanvir Imam, son of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s political adviser HT Imam, on Tuesday night, hearing that a huge amount of illegal money, arms and collaborators of the Awami League had been kept in the house.

They vandalised the house and tried to loot valuables in the name of search, according to the post.

Responding to a call from the national emergency number 999, army members, the deputy commissioner of Gulshan Zone of police, officer-in-charge of Gulshan police station rushed to the spot and detained the trio from the house.

In the primary investigation, it was revealed that Shakil Ahmed once worked as a caretaker at the house, and he provoked people to enter the house, spreading rumors that they could get Tk 200-300 crore in the house.

Earlier on Monday around 10:30pm, a group of people also tried to enter the house on the same excuse, but failed as police sent them back from there.

The Ministry of Home warned all not to take the law into their own hands and inform the nearest police station if any crime occurs anywhere.

The government is trying to maintain law and order in the country and is determined to ensure the safety of lives and property.