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BRAC Bank Heist

Locker renters claimTk2.2cr valuables lost

Staff Correspondent
BRAC Bank yesterday received claims from 22 of the 60 affected locker renters that they had kept gold ornaments and other valuables worth about Tk 2.20 crore in the lockers, according to officials of the private bank.
A number of affected locker renters rejected the bank officials' estimated value of the stolen valuables claiming that the real value of their stolen jewellery and other valuables would be much higher.
An affected renter wishing anonymity said she had submitted papers to the bank authorities claiming gold ornaments and other valuables worth aboutTk 84 lakh.
Meanwhile, the investigators remain tight-lipped about the progress of the investigation into the heist at the Dhanmondi branch of BRAC Bank Ltd in the capital.
"We are certain that an organised gang was involved in rhe
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heist," said Tejgaon Division Deputy Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police Mahbubur Rahman
But he refused to say further over the matter.
The investigators are keeping a close eye on some employees of the bank and Hotel Nidmanal as circumstantial evidence suggests that somebody having enough information about the lockers had been involved in the heist, sources said.
The law enforcers continue conducting drives in and outside the capital.
The robbers tunnelled into the bank's locker room cutting through the ceiling sometime between Thursday night and Saturday night and made off with gold ornaments and other valuables, primarily estimated at several crore of taka.
The bank authorities yesterday ■ allowed all tlieHookeFfentewWipen their lockers. Many affected clients burst into tears looking at the lockers which only contained documents and o ther papers but no valuables.
Both the affected and unaffected locker renters were allowed to enter the locker room and open their lockers from 10:00am to 5:00pm, said Abedur Rahman Sikder, head of Marketing and Corporate Affairs of BRAC Bank Ltd.
He also said three unaffected locker renters took away gold ornaments and other valuables they had kept in the lockers.
Some of the affected locker renters alleged that most of the lockers were in a bad shape.
Abedur Rahman requested the rest of the affected clients to submit their claims as soon as possible.
He said the bank's high-ups would sit with the law enforcers to make arrangement for providing compensation to the affected locker renters.
Meanwhile, the police yesterday produced four Hotel Nidmahal employees Shah Alam, 30, Supon Barua, 20, Sujan, 18, and Monir, 18. before a Dhaka court and prayed for their seven-day remand.
They were arrested on Sunday in connection with the heist.