A group of motorcycle-borne criminals allegedly stopped a pickup van at gunpoint with local weapons and stole 400 kilograms of processed hair in Chuadanga. The robbery occurred around 1:30pm on Saturday in the Purapara area of the Chuadanga-Damurhuda road. The hair, packed in 23 sacks, was being transported to Dhaka from a factory in Karpasdanga, Damurhuda.

Atiar Rahman, president of the Bangladesh Hair Processing Small Traders Cooperative Association, said the shipment contained processed hair belonging to 23 traders and was valued at about Tk1 crore. Police and traders began searching for the perpetrators after receiving information about the incident.

Affected trader Montu Mia said about 22 small traders and 100 workers depend on the shipment. He said traders had borrowed money to operate their businesses and expected to settle dues with proceeds from the hair sale. Damurhuda Model Police Station officer-in-charge Sheikh Mesbah Uddin said police had started an investigation and deployed multiple teams to identify and arrest those involved and recover the stolen hair.