A robbery has taken place at Samata Mobile Market at Lilly Junction, the heart of Dinajpur city. Organized gang of robbers broke the locks of the shop and looted mobile phone sets worth Rs. 1 lakh from three shops in the market along with Rs. On Tuesday (3 October-2023) between 7:00 and 7:15 in the morning, this robbery was organized at Samata Mobile Market at Lilly intersection. The time of the robbery is known from the CCTV footage. President of Samata Mobile Market Committee. Salim Hossain said that Ramesh, the cleaner of the market, came to clean the market as usual and found the locks of Messrs. Johnny Enterprise, Kabir Telecom and MN Gadget Telecom broken. Immediately the cleaner Ramesh reported the incident to the owner of these shops and the president of the market. On hearing the news, the owner of the three shops along with the president of the market came to the market and entered the shop to find that the shop rack was empty. They immediately reported the incident to Kotwali police station. On receiving the information, the Thana Police, Sadar Circle ASP, Kotwali Police Station Officer-in-Charge and a team of PBI visited the spot. In addition, Dinajpur Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Reza Humayun Farooq Chaudhuri Shamim, director of the chamber. Rubel visited various places of Islamosugation. The dacoits took away 77 mobile phone sets from the shop of M/s Johnny Enterprises, 43 mobile phone sets from Kabir Telecom and 45 mobile phone sets along with one lakh cash from a shop named MN Gazette. The shop owners said that the estimated value of these mobile sets robbed from those three shops is about 40 lakhs (forty) taka. President of Samata Market Committee. Salim Hossain also said that a written complaint has been lodged with the Kotyali police station on behalf of the shop owners after talking to the president of Dinajpur Chamber, shop owners of the market and the inspection team of the police. The police assured that the robbers will be arrested and the looted goods will be recovered soon.
