Armed assailants in Gazipur robbed Tk 2.4 million from two agent banking employees of Dutch-Bangla Bank on Sunday afternoon. The incident occurred around 4:15 p.m. near Kazim Uddin Chowdhury High School at Chandna Chowrasta in Gazipur city. According to Basan Police Station Officer-in-Charge Harun-or-Rashid, the robbers fired shots and detonated crude bombs to create panic before assaulting the two employees and seizing the money bag.

The victims, manager Habibur Rahman and his assistant Sohrab, were transporting the cash by motorcycle from the bank’s Bhogra Bypass agent banking outlet to its Chandna Chowrasta branch when the attack took place. The robbers, riding two to three motorcycles, intercepted them, carried out the assault, and fled the scene with the money.

Police visited the scene shortly after the incident and have launched an operation to apprehend the culprits, according to the local police official.