Dhaka, March 2 -- Another bus has been robbed in broad daylight in Dhaka's Savar.

During this time, the passengers were taken hostage at gunpoint and the valuables were looted.

The incident occurred on the Dhaka-Aricha Highway in the Upazila's Rajfulbaria Police Town area around 2pm on Sunday, said Savar Highway Police Station chief Saugatul Alam.

Earlier, a passenger bus was robbed at the same location.

Nazmul Hossain, a passenger of the bus, said: "I left Ashulia's Sreepur for Dhaka by a Rajdhani Paribahan bus in the afternoon. The bus carrying up to 25 individuals stopped on the highway to pick up passengers in the Police Town area.

"At that time, five to six youths carrying local weapons boarded the bus and took the passengers ho...