Dhaka, Feb. 4 -- Law enforcers have surrounded and launched a raid on a residential building in Chattogram's Panchlaish where a robbery was reported.

Police say a gang of robbers entered the second floor of the six-storey building opposite the Prabartak Shangha on Tuesday.

Hasib Aziz, the commissioner of Chattogram Metropolitan Police, came out of the building around 2:30pm and said: "Robbers entered the house and held those inside hostage. Police came to the scene when the incident was reported. "

"A robber had held the homeowner hostage inside a bathroom. We detonated sound grenades and rescued him."

The police commissioner said that two suspected robbers had been detained.

The homeowner was taken to the hospital with an injury whi...