Gold and diamonds worth Tk 46 lakh were stolen from a gold shop on early Monday.

Seven to eight youths, aged between 20 and 30, broke into the shop "Shorno Bhubon" between 5:30 am and 6 am on Monday and looted 40 tolas of gold and diamonds worth Tk 5 lakh.

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Badal, one of the staff members of a nearby grocery shop, found the locks of the gold shop broken at 7 am and immediately informed Manik Lal Mazumder, owner of the gold shop, and his family about the incident.

The shop is located next to Hasan Ali Government High School on the Cumilla Road of Chandpur district.

The CCTV footage showed that it took only seven to eight  minutes for the robbers to steal the jewelries.

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Sanjay Saha, an artisan at the gold shop,said he closed the shop and locked it in front of the shop owner at 10 pm the previous day, like he always does.

Sheikh Mohsin Alam, officer-in-charge of Sadar Model Police Station, and his team came after he came to know about the theft. CID and PBI officials went to the shop  to investigate about the incident.

The shop owner told UNB that he has been in business in this area for almost two years. He suffered a loss of Tk46 lakh in the theft.

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He said the thieves took no money. Their target was only gold and diamonds.

The OC said an investigation is underway. The shop owner is yet to file a case.