Burglars looted valuables worth Tk10 lakh and Tk3 lakh in cash after breaking open the door of a car accessories shop in Dhaka's Motijheel early Wednesday, police said.
The burglars did the heist at Haroon Tyre and Battery Enterprise at 3:35am and stayed there for around 30 minutes when the shop was closed, closed circuit television camera footage showed.
Bahar Uddin Jasim, manager of the car accessories shop, said the looters took away 50 tyres, six batteries and Tk3.06 lakh in cash.
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"A case was filed over the incident. A search is underway to nab the burglars and recover the valuables," Mohammad Yasir Arafat Khan, officer-in-charge (OC) of Motijheel Police Station, said.
Such incidents of burglary also occurred at car accessories shops in Baridhara and Banasree in the past month, he added.