Police recovered 110 gold bars, weighing one tola each, worth Tk 4.40 crore, from a private car which had been seized in connection with a mugging case on Wednesday from Bagharpara Police Station in Jessore early Saturday.
Foyruddin Ahmed, officer-in-charge of Bagharpara Police Station, said police arrested a constable, Mizanur Rahman, of Jhikargachcha Police Station along with the car while he was fleeing with the mugging booty at Basindia on the Jessore-Narail road on Wednesday.
On Thursday, Mizanur managed to flee from police custody.
Later, three policemen including OC Kaiyum Ali Sardar, assistant sub-inspector Nasir and constable Oliar Rahman were closed to the district police lines on that day on charge of negligence in duty.
During investigation of the case, a team of Bagharpara police recovered 110 gold bars from the car owned by one Touhidur Rahman around 2:30 am early Saturday.
Later police arrested Touhidur Rahman and his driver Malek in connection with the gold recovery.
Police suspected that Touhidur Rahman might have link to gold smuggling.
Safin Mahmud, assistant superintendent of police, confirmed the incident.
A case was filed in this connection.