KERANIGANJ: Robbers looted a jewellery shop at Atibazar in the upazila on Wednesday night and took away gold ornaments, weighing 30 bhori, reports UNB.

Md Ekhlas Uddin, in-charge of Atibazar police outpost under Keraniganj Model Police Station, said a gang of hoodlums swooped on ‘Niloy Jewellers’ in the upazila around 8 pm.

Later, the robbers took Makhon, owner of the shop, and its employees at gunpoint at Atibazar in the upazila  and looted the gold ornaments weighing 30 bhori.

Locals caught a robber along with three crude bombs while the gang was fleeing the scene blasting crude bombs.