Burglars took away valuables worth Tk 4 lakh, including gold, cash and mobile phone cards, entering five shops at Banglabazar in Raipur upazila early Tuesday.Affected shop owners said a gang of thieves entered the shops—one jewellery, three of hardware and one of mobile phone recharge—by breaking open the shutters and looted valuables, including gold ornaments, cash and mobile phone cards, worth Tk 4lakh.Sources said there were neither any employees inside the shops nor any guards on duty outside during the incident.Bamani Union Parishad chairman Saleh Ahmed confirming the incident said the burglary has left the locals in a constant fear of such incident taking place further.Forkan, sub-inspector of Raipur Police Station, said they had visited the spot and advised the shop owners to file a case in connection with the theft. -UNB, Laxmipur
