An armed gang held five factory employees hostage during an audacious night-time heist at a textile knitting facility in Gazipur, making off with 7,350 kilograms of processed yarn and cash valued collectively at around 3.15 million taka. The raid unfolded in the early hours of Saturday at Mirza Apparels Limited, situated in the Bara Bhabanipur area of Kashimpur.
Police and factory management reported that a heavily armed gang of 10 to 15 men breached the premises at approximately 3:00 am. The intruders scaled the outer perimeter boundary wall before cutting through window grilles and breaking padlocks to gain entry to the main manufacturing building. Witnesses recounted that the gang carried a mixture of sharp locally manufactured weapons alongside foreign-made pistols.
Once inside, the robbers rounded up the night shift staff and on-duty security personnel at gunpoint. The gang bound the hands and feet of five individuals using jute ropes and textile fabric strips, keeping them incapacitated under close watch throughout the operation. The assailants then forced open the main access gate, loaded 7,350 kilograms of industrial yarn worth nearly 3 million taka onto vehicles, and emptied 150,000 taka in liquid cash from the factory’s office till before fleeing the compound.
The managing director of Mirza Apparels Limited, Anisul Haque, stated that duty staff contacted him over the phone immediately after the gang made their escape at around 3:00 am. He confirmed that the total loss from the stolen yarn consignments and cash reserves stood at over 3.15 million taka, dealing a serious operational blow to the firm’s ongoing production cycles.
Recounting the ordeal, Rabbi, an assistant knitting operator who was inside during the raid, explained that the armed group stormed the shop floor without warning. The intruders pinned the workers to the ground, bound them tightly, and threatened to shoot anyone who raised an alarm while the bulk textile supplies were methodically looted.
Kashimpur Police Station Officer in Charge Molla Khalid could not be reached for comment despite multiple telephone attempts.
Gazipur Metropolitan Police Deputy Commissioner (Crime-North) Shakil Ahmed confirmed the incident, stating that investigators have taken up the case with high priority. He acknowledged that the absence of closed-circuit television (CCTV) surveillance across such an expansive industrial facility presents an initial hurdle for forensic teams. Nevertheless, law enforcement agencies have initiated field tracking operations across the surrounding manufacturing hubs to identify the perpetrators, execute swift arrests, and recover the stolen commercial yarn.
