Savar, March 1 -- Robbers stole goods worth approximately Tk 5 crore from a closed sweater factory in Savar's Ashulia between 8 pm on Friday and 4 am on Saturday.

The robbery occurred at Magpie Sweater Factory in the Jirabo area of Yarpur Union of Ashulia Police Station, said the factory director Afroz Al Mamun.

He said that law enforcement officials visited the scene after they received reports of the crime.

Around 40 armed robbers entered the factory through the main gate, overpowered and locked seven people, including security personnel, in a room. They looted several computers, IPS batteries, air conditioners, electric motors, generators, generator wires, and other valuable electrical equipment and machinery, loading them onto seve...