Robbers loot jewellers, killing staff
A gang of robbers shot dead a jewellery shop worker in the city's Chawkbazar Chatipotti area yesterday evening.
The victim was Gopal Chandra, 50.
Quoting locals, Mohiuddin Mahmud, officer-in-charge of Kotwali Police Station, said the robbers entered the jewellery shop of Kabul Khan around 7:00pm, breaking open its shutters when the workers were working inside.
They shot Gopal as he tried to resist them, leaving him dead on the spot. The robbers then looted gold and silver ornaments from the shop and fled the scene, blasting several cocktails, the police official added.
On information, police recovered the body and sent it to Comilla Medical College Hospital morgue for an autopsy.
A case was filed in this connection.
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