Two houses looted, six injured
Daily New age Correspondent . Comilla

A BAND of robbers looted cash and valuables worth Tk 1 lakh from the houses of two expatriates at village Nather Patwa under Monohorganj upazila in Comilla on Friday night. They also injured six villagers during the robberies.
The police said the robbers entered the house of Mojibul Haque and started looting valuables. At one stage the bandits stabbed Mojibul’s wife Shahida Akhter, 38, and their daughter Shahin Akhter, 17. The injured were admitted to Laksam Upazila Health Complex.
The residents said the robbers looted valuables worth Tk 30 thousand from the house.
The robbers at the same night looted valuables worth Tk 70 thousand from the house of another expatriate Shahidul Haque at the village.
But when the robbers were trying to flee with the booty the villagers chased them, prompting the criminals to hurl bombs at the local people.
The bomb attack, which left three villagers injured, could not stop the villagers from chasing the criminals and at last they managed to catch hold four of the robbers. But the looted valuables could not be recovered. The identity of the villagers could not be ascertained immediately.
The local people gave a good thrash to the four robbers, identified as Morshad, 22, Suraj, 20, Foyaz, 21, and Shohag, 20, and handed them over to the police.
A case was recorded with the local police station.