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Youth escapes leaving 13 gold bars in Jashore

  • Sun Online Desk
  • 1st April, 2023 11:20:52 AM
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A youth fled after leaving 13 gold bars at Chowgacha frontier of Lakshmipur village in Jashore on Friday evening.

Acting on a tip-off, BGB conducted a raid in the area. Later, BGB chased the youth when he was seen roaming on the bank of Kopothakho River around 6:30pm.

Being chased, he left the gold bars, which were kept hidden in his waist, and fled to India.

BGB members later recovered the gold bars weighing 1.515 kilogram.

Lt. Colonel Ahmed Hasan Jamil, the captain of the Jashore 49 BGB battalion, said after filing a case with Chowgacha Police Station, the seized gold bars were submitted to the treasury.