Three armed robbers extinct between the ages of 20-30 years stormed into the Rupali Financial institution Jinjira branch within the capital’s Keraniganj this afternoon, spreading apprehension right in the course of the country.
They rushed in and locked the financial institution’s collapsible gates, taking the staffers hostage.
As files of the impending robbery spread, law enforcers arrived at the scene. The police then requested for the army’s support.
Soon, the financial institution in Keraniganj modified into surrounded by army, police and RAB personnel.
Legislation enforcers and security forces waited for the robbers’ first transfer.
First contact
Within the origin, the robbers sent a demonstrate to the law enforcers.
The demonstrate had about a mobile numbers scribbled on it, eyewitnesses mentioned.
Then the negotiations began.
At round 5:30pm, Commander of RAB-10 Khalilur Rahman Howlader urged reporters at the scene that three of the group participants had been contained within the financial institution, whereas their associates had been outdoor.
Once negotiations had been established, the robbers first threw a gun out the window.
They then packed the last weapons in a acquire and threw those outdoor as smartly.
Later, one after the other, the robbers stepped out of the constructing.
Then the law enforcement officers latest there boarded the trio correct into a automobile after taking them into custody.
Though law enforcement companies are yet to mutter their detailed identities, officials who had been contacted urged The Industry Popular that they negotiated with the robbers, convincing them to resign.
The aftermath
Commander of RAB-10 Khalilur Rahman Howlader then urged reporters that no-one modified into injured within the incident.
The financial institution officials and customers contained within the financial institution had been safe.
Besides, no money modified into stolen.
Later on, security officers went into the financial institution at round 6pm.
As of submitting this file, the army-led joint forces had been questioning the financial institution staffers and customers.
Upon contacting about a staffers within, they urged The Industry Popular that they would well be ready to talk about when they left the financial institution premises.
The hostages had been no longer taken out of the constructing as of submitting this file they had been fragment of the inquiry.
Alternatively, law enforcers are no longer speaking to the media for the time being.
An unswerving assertion would possibly well advance after the interrogation.
The storm, the resign
Within the late afternoon, three males suspected to be robbers had been detained after they surrendered to the joint forces following their entry into the Rupali Financial institution branch.
The financial institution staffers who had been taken hostage had been furthermore launched, Media Officer of RAB-10 Tapash Karmaker urged The Industry Popular.
The suspects had been then taken to the Keraniganj South Police Plot, he added.
The community entered the branch, located in Chunkutia Pakapul space of South Keraniganj within the capital, at round 2pm.
Army personnel and police surrounded the financial institution, alongside the elite power, to nab the robbers and rescue the hostages, mentioned Pizus Sarker, SI and duty officer of South Keraniganj Police Plot.
“About 3-4 groups of RAB have long past there. We known as for support from the army too,” the RAB unswerving urged TBS earlier on the day.
“We chanced on out from locals that some armed males entered the financial institution after lunch and took the financial institution staffers hostage. The suspected robbers furthermore shut the collapsible gate of the constructing,” he added.
