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DHAKA: Hazaribagh police have arrested five people over an attack, vandalism and looting at the warehouse of AJR Parcel and Courier Service in the capital over two days.
One person was arrested on Wednesday night (October 21) and sent to court on Thursday morning. Four others were arrested by 10pm on Thursday. They will be sent to court after investigation and questioning.
Hazaribagh Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Md Mosharraf Hossain confirmed the information to the media at 10pm on Thursday (October 22).
He said a case was filed after 11pm on Wednesday based on a complaint lodged by the affected company. Police arrested one suspect in an operation in the Hazaribagh area that night and sent him to court the following morning.
Another four people were arrested during operations up to 10pm on Thursday. Their involvement is being verified, and they are scheduled to be sent to court on Friday morning, he said.
Police operations are continuing with the help of CCTV footage and technology to identify others who took part in the attack, the OC added.
The incident took place at around 6:30pm on Tuesday (October 20) at AJR Parcel and Courier Service’s central warehouse in the Borai Khali area of Hazaribagh, on Meri Dental College Road behind Sikder Medical College.
According to the complaint filed by Afsar Uddin, the company’s manager of human resources and administration, between 70 and 80 unidentified people entered the warehouse, intimidated security guards and broke the locks and doors of the server room before taking various pieces of equipment.
The complaint estimated the value of the stolen goods at Tk 31 lakh.
It also alleged that a man named Saiful had been demanding extortion money for a long time and that the attack and threats occurred because the company refused to pay. A case was filed on Wednesday night following the incident.
