Three days after a daring bus robbery on the Dhaka-Tangail highway, a case has been filed with Tangail's Mirzapur Police Station today.

A bus passenger Omar Ali, of Natore's Baraigram, filed the case against 8-9 unidentified criminals.

Confirming the matter, Additional Superintendent of Police in Tangail Abdullah Al Mamun said the case statement mentioned that on Monday night, the bus left for Rajshahi from Gabtali in Dhaka.

According to the statement as reported in Prothom Alo, there were 30 to 35 passengers on the bus. The bus stopped at Chandra Bypass under Kaliakoir Police Station in Gazipur for a tea break around 1:00am. At that time, three to four new passengers boarded the bus.

Five to six minutes after crossing the flyover adjacent to Kaliakoir Hi-Tech City Park, at around 1:30am, eight to nine robbers, disguised as passengers, sprang into action. They threatened the passengers with sharp knives and machetes, ordering them to stay silent. Three of the robbers held the driver at knifepoint and took control of the bus.

According to the case statement as reported by Prothom Alo, the robbers snatched money, mobile phones, and gold ornaments by threatening passengers with sharp weapons when the bus reached about 100 yards west of the pedestrian bridge at Sohagpara under Mirzapur Police Station in Tangail, on the Dhaka-Tangail highway. They also sexually assaulted two to three women.

The bus then made a U-turn towards Dhaka from in front of Natiapara Nasir Glass in Tangail's Delduar. After roaming around different areas of Gazipur, including Kaliakoir and Konabari, for about two and a half hours, around 4:00 am, the robbers stopped the bus in front of Nandan Park in the Baripara area of Ashulia and quickly got off.

According to the case statement, the robbers were between 25 and 38 years old and spoke in regional dialects of Dhaka and adjoining districts.

The plaintiff stated that he would be able to recognize the robbers if he saw them again.

Several teams of the district police are working to arrest the robbers, said the police officer.