An organised gang is alleged to have looted a long-closed factory in the Sharifpur area under Gacha police station in Gazipur city. The owners of the factory’s land and building allege that accomplices freed nine people whom local residents had caught with a pickup loaded with goods. The owners managed to hold one of them.
The incident took place on Wednesday night (11 November).
In a written complaint to the officer-in-charge (OC) of Gacha police station, Md Mozammel Haque, a member of the owning family, said a factory called Crossline Woven Apparel Limited had operated in a four-storey building of about 19,500 square feet on their land in Sharifpur. Aminul Islam Koel is the factory’s managing director. It began production in 2013 and shut down about four years ago.
The complaint says there have been thefts at the factory at various times since it closed, and three general diaries (GDs) have been filed with Gacha police over them.
Most recently, on Wednesday night, a group of about nine people armed with local weapons broke the lock on the factory’s main gate and went inside. They then began loading goods onto a pickup. Alerted by security guards at nearby markets, the owners reached the scene and, with the help of local people, caught the nine along with the loaded pickup. They were then locked in a room at the factory to be handed over to police.
But at one point, when the owners’ people stepped outside, several unidentified people cut the lock on the room and took those held away. One man, Shariful Islam, was held. He is reported to work as a labourer in the Mirpur area.
Mozammel Haque said they have photos and video of the incident, including footage of goods being taken out of the factory and loaded onto the pickup, and have given this evidence to police.
Sub-Inspector Nizamuddin of Gacha police station said goods had been seized at the scene and one person brought to the station. A written complaint has been received and legal action is under way.
Mohammad Golam Rabbani, officer-in-charge of Gacha police station, said the incident was being investigated seriously. Police officers have been sent to the scene, and the necessary legal action will be taken on the basis of the evidence found.
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