Two security guards (Ansar members) were found dead inside Radhganj Bazar branch of Agrani Bank in Raipura upazila of Narsingdi on Wednesday morning. The deceased were identified as Tauhidul Alam, 24, of Faridpur, and Ranju Mia, 40, of Tangail. The bank authorities informed police after getting no response from the guards this morning. Read more: Arms snatched from Ansar members in Narsingdi Later, police recovered the bodies after breaking the gate of the bank around 11:30 am, said Azizul Islam, officer-in-charge (OC) of Raipura police station. “The details can be informed after an investigation,” said the OC. However, the bank authorities claimed that no money was stolen from the bank volt, he added.

Two shots guns and two bullets, which were snatched away by a group of robbers from two Ansar members from Boro Bazar in Narsingdi, have been recovered from different parts of the country on Monday, six days after the incident. Police also arrested ten members of an inter-district robber gang from Narsingdi, Munshiganj, Brahmanbaria, Shariatpur, Madaripur, Bagerhat and Khulna district. Kazi Ashraful Azim, superintendent of Narsingdi Police, came up with the information while speaking at a press briefing, held at his office on Monday. The arrestees were identified as Anwar Dewan of Munshiganj district,   Delwar Khalifa, Moti Khalifa and Aleya Begum of Shariatpur district, Kalu Hawladar, Farid Hawladar, Mohammad Faruk of Madaripur district, Sheikh Al Mamun and Anwar Hossain of Bagerhat district and Shafiqul Islam of Brahmanbaria district. Following interrogation, police recovered the arms and bullets from the house of a relative of one robber, said SP Ashraful. Earlier, on December 26, a gang of robbers attacked two Ansar members and snatched their arms near Bangladesh Ansar and VDP camp in Narsingdi municipality. District commandant Tanzina Binte Ershad of Bangladesh Ansar said a group of 15 to 20 robbers attacked four Ansar members with local weapons around 1:30am while they were patrolling in front of the Ansar camp in Boro Bazar area. “The robbers tied up two Ansar members with a rope while the others managed to flee. They snatched 2 shotguns and 10 rounds of bullets from their possession,” she added. Lutfur Nahar Latifa, an Ansar VDP officer of Sadar upazila lodged a complaint with Sadar Model Police Station.  

Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Party (Ansar-VDP) on Friday said 182 members of its members have been diagnosed with coronavirus.