Police have arrested two people, including a constable, in connection with the alleged misappropriation of 40 bhori of gold from a businessman in Chapainawabganj.
The arrested are police constable Zakir Hossain, 35, and Mohammad Ali, 38.
They were arrested on Saturday night, ANM Wasim Firoz, additional superintendent of police in Chapainawabganj, said on Sunday.
Zakir was posted at the officers' mess under Chapainawabganj Sadar police outpost. He is from Debipur village in Durgapur upazila of Rajshahi, while Ali is from Alampur in Chapainawabganj Sadar upazila.
ASP Wasim Firoz said allegations were raised on the afternoon of August 8 that Zakir, Ali and another person had taken 40 bhori of gold from a businessman in the Kalinagar area of Sadar upazila, claiming that they were conducting a raid.
The businessman, identified as Nijhum, a gold trader from Rajshahi and owner of the missing gold, filed a case against the three at Chapainawabganj Sadar Police Station on Saturday.
Police arrested Zakir and Ali later that night and recovered 20.5 bhori of gold from Ali, Wasim Firoz said.
Efforts are on to recover the remaining gold and arrest the other accused.