Staff Correspondent:

In a daring daylight heist, a group of muggers wearing Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) jackets allegedly looted over Tk 1 crore from a distributor of mobile financial service Nagad in the capital’s Uttara area on Saturday morning.

According to police sources, Abdul Khalek Noyon, a Nagad distributor residing in a flat on Road No. 12 in Uttara Sector 13, dispatched four of his employees around 9am to their nearby distribution office.

The team, riding on two motorcycles, was carrying over Tk 1 crore in cash.

Moments after they entered Road No. 13, a black microbus intercepted them.

Three to four men, dressed in RAB jackets, emerged and chased down the motorcyclists. While one of the employees managed to escape, the others were forcibly dragged into the vehicle along with the bags of cash, a police officer at the scene said, requesting anonymity.

The muggers later released the employees in Uttara’s Sector 17 and sped away with the money, the officer added.

Deputy Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Uttara Division, Mohidul Islam, said, “I personally visited the scene shortly after it occurred. We’ve collected CCTV footage from the area and are actively analysing it to identify those involved.”

An investigation is underway as police suspect the use of RAB emblem was a calculated move to mislead and intimidate.