‘The mugging was staged’
How employees of a Rajshahi mobile phone shop staged a Tk 33 lakh mugging Police unravel the mystery in nine hours ‘The mugging was staged’ Three employees of a mobile phone shop who stole Tk 33 lakh held The mugging took place in broad daylight. A mobile phone sales representative was robbed in Rajshahi city's New Market area on Thursday morning, while he was on his way to deposit Tk 33 lakh to a bank. But something was not right about the story; at least that's what the law enforcers sensed. And nine hours into the incident, through their investigation, police found out that the mugging was actually staged. Three sales staff of Vivo Mobile Phone plotted the incident and stole the money, Boalia police of Rajshahi said in a press conference yesterday. Police arrested them from different spots of the city and recovered Tk 32 lakh from their possession. Noticing a heightened sale of smartphones amid the pandemic, they, driven by greed, decided to steal the money, said