BSS
  15 Oct 2023, 16:52

Report on HSIA gold theft on Nov 22

DHAKA, Oct 15, 2023 (BSS) - A Dhaka court today set November 22 for
submitting probe report in a case lodged over theft of 55.51 kilograms of
gold from customs warehouse at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA).

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Nurul Huda Chowdhury set the date afresh as the
Investigation Officer (IO) of the case couldn't submit the report today.

The gold worth about Taka 45 crore were reported stolen from the volt of the
customs transit go-down at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in
the capital around 11:45pm on September 2.

An FIR was lodged with the Airport Thana by Mohammad Sohrab Hossain,
assistant customs officer of the Preventive team of the Dhaka Customs, in the
early hours of September 3.

In this regard, eight people were taken to police custody for interrogation
and later placed on remand on September 13.