Elderly man killed during house robbery in Chawkbazar

As per reports, robbers killed a 78-year-old man at his home in Chawkbazar, Old Dhaka.

The deceased was identified as Haji Mansur Ahmed, 78, of Chawkbazar Khaje Dewan Lane.

According to Mansur Ahmed's son Sarwar Ahmed, on Thursday midnight his father was brutally murdered with his hands and legs tied inside his home on the second floor of his six-storey building.

“The robbers injected his father with some drug before looting the house, and he later died from a serious head injury”, Sarwar said.

He said, all the cash and gold stored in the house were looted," but I cannot provide the exact amount.

Abdul Qayum, officer-in-charge of Chawkbazar Police Station, said, “the incident occurred last night when Mansur's family members went to a wedding program. Mansur was unable to attend the event due to illness. We are investigating the incident and the body has been kept at a hospital morgue for autopsy”.

He added, all the money and gold ornaments were looted from the house.