Shawdesh desk:

A group of masked robbers looted 80 tola of gold from three jewellery shops at Hemayetpur in Savar, on the outskirts of Bangladesh capital Dhaka, early Wednesday.

Dipak Chandra Saha, officer-in-charge of Savar Model Police Station, said that the masked robbers, with the help of three security guards, stormed three jewellery shops at Lalon Tower and Shopping Complex near Hemayetpur bus stand and looted 42 tola of gold from Sonakkhi Jewellers, 35 tola from Mamata Jewellers, and 3 tola from Gitanjali Jewellers.

The incident came to light this morning after the market was opened.

Police visited the spot.

In another incident, robbers also looted mobile phone sets worth Tk 20 lakh from seven mobile phone shops in Savar Bazar bus stand.