File photo of gold bars Mehedi Hasan/Dhaka TribuneSuspect flees from border guard troops leaving gold bars behindBorder Guards Bangladesh (BGB) has seized 11 gold bars worth Tk 2.35 crore from a person near the international border in Chuadanga. Acting on a tip-off, a team from BGB-6 battalion conducted a raid in the Thakurpur area of the district's Damurhuda upazila on Wednesday and spotted the alleged smuggler, said Nistar Ahmed, additional director of the battalion. Also Read - Mother, son found murdered at Dhaka homeWhen the man was told to halt, he fled from the spot, leaving a bag behind, near a graveyard along the border. The BGB troops found the gold bars, weighing 3.74 kg, in the bag.

Source: Dhaka Tribune September 02, 2021 06:07 UTC