Three men suspected to be robbers were detained after they surrendered to the joint forces following their entry into the Rupali Bank Jinjira branch within the capital’s Keraniganj this afternoon, in response to the Fast Action Battalion (RAB).
The monetary institution staffers who were taken hostage hold additionally been launched, Media Officer of RAB-10 Tapash Karmaker told The Commerce Licensed.
The suspects were taken to the Keraniganj South Police Situation, he added.
No one used to be reported injured within the incident.
The group entered the branch, located in Chunkutia Pakapul house of South Keraniganj within the capital, at around 2pm.
Military personnel and police surrounded the monetary institution, alongside the elite pressure, to nab the robbers and rescue the hostages, said Pizus Sarker, SI and accountability officer of South Keraniganj Police Situation.
“About 3-4 teams of RAB hold gone there. We called for lend a hand from the military too,” the RAB legitimate told TBS earlier on the day.
“We stumbled on out from locals that some armed men entered the monetary institution after lunch and took the monetary institution staffers hostage. The suspected robbers additionally shut the collapsible gate of the building,” he added.
The RAB legitimate additional said they’re blind to what number of fiscal institution staffers were aloof inside. The robbers are aloof inside, he said, adding, “Nonetheless, the [rescue] operation has no longer but commenced.”
