Staff Reporter :
The much-talked handbag of Netherlands (Dutch) Ambassador Leoni Margaretha Cuelenaere during, which was stolen an inaugural ceremony at Fine Arts Faculty of Dhaka University campus on Monday, was recovered from the city’s Jatrabari area.
The members of detective branch (DB) of Police in a drive recovered the stolen handbag with all belongings on Wednesday afternoon.
They also arrested the thief Rubel and his cohort Shams, said Masudur Rahman, Deputy Commissioner (Media) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police.
DB DC (South) Mashrukur Rahman Khaled confirmed the recovery of the bag with all belongings.
The contents of the handbag, which included valuables and documents, her iPad, an iPhone, bunch of keys of the flat, and bank documents, were recovered, the DB official said.
Meanwhile, Ambassador Leoni Margaretha Cuelenaere expressed her profound appreciation for the swift response by Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in recovering her handbag, which was stolen during a programme on Dhaka University campus on Monday.
On Wednesday, the Embassy of Netherlands in Bangladesh’s Facebook page carried a photograph of the envoy shaking hands with the DMP’s Deputy Commissioner (Diplomatic Zone) Jashim Uddin.
In the post, the ambassador was particularly grateful for the recovery, as the bag contained some important documents and two cell phones.
According to TV footage, it was seen that the bag was being stolen by a youngman when the ambassador left her seat to inaugurate the programme.
