Edible oil truck robbed in Sreenagar
Sreenagar (Munshiganj) Correspondent
A truck carrying 75 barrels of edible oil was robbed in Srinagar on Tuesday night in the Chanbari area of the Dhaka-Mawa Expressway.
Using GPS tracking, the truck (Ctg Metro T-11-8120) was recovered on Wednesday afternoon near the Kalligao Jame Mosque in Atpara Union of Sreenagar upazila. According to police, only 18 barrels of oil were found in the recovered truck, while the remaining 57 barrels were missing.The truck had departed from a depot in Narayanganj around 7:30 PM on Tuesday, heading toward Shailkupa in Jhenaidah. When the vehicle reached the Chanbari area of Sreenagar upazila, a black pickup intercepted it. At that point, six unidentified individuals forcibly boarded driver Russel Biswas and helper Alamin Hossain into the pickup and drove the truck toward the Padma Bridge toll plaza.
The robbers allegedly forced the driver and helper to drink juice laced with sedatives, causing them to lose consciousness. Around 12:30 AM, police rescued the unconscious duo from the Chanbari area and admitted them to the Sreenagar Upazila Health Complex.Each barrel contained approximately 400 liters, totaling nearly 29,000 liters of missing oil.Munshiganj Additional Superintendent of Police (Sreenagar Circle) Anisur Rahman stated that the truck might have taken a U-turn at the Padma Bridge toll plaza and returned to Sreenagar.
