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Our Correspondent, Baraigram

A dacoity was committed in Hanif Enterprise night coach on Bonapara-Haticumul highway recently.

One of dacoits was arrested. The driver of the coach was stabbed and injured seriously.

The arrested dacoit was identified as Masud (20), son of Abdur Razzaque of the village Baghoil under Ishurdi Upazila of Pabna district. Three sets of mobile, a camera, a knife and cash Taka 1200/- were recovered from Masum (Masud) when he was arrested. According to his statement, they were eight (8) in number of them, five persons were of Ishurdi area and rest three persons were of Dhaka. They got into the coach from Dhaka as a passenger. Supervisor of the coach. Topon Kumar and a passenger Md Tosaddeque said when the coach reached at Nawabazar of Gurudaspur Upazila, dacoits started dacoity at 8.30 PM.

They looted cash taka, materials and goods worth about Taka 7 lakh and injured passengers, using knives. Dacoits took steering of the coach stabbing driver Md Abdul Hamid. They began to loot the belongings of passengers showing knife. When the coach reached at Sutrpar under Baraigram Upazila at 9 PM dacoits stopped the coach and tried to escape. But the police force rushed to the spot hearing shouting of passengers. Then dacoits entered into the field of sugarcane and paddy. The police and the local people started miking and gheraoed the crop-fields of the village Atua and Natabaria. At 11.30 PM in night police arrested a dacoit (Masud) from the crop fields of Atua. A.S.P of Baraigram circle A.K.M. Al Kibria, O.C. of Baraigram Md. Monzur Rahman and A.S.I Md Mamunur Rashid took part in this raid with their police force. A case has been filed in this connection with Baraigram police station.