A CNG-run auto-rickshaw driver was found dead after being drugged and mugged by a gang of criminals on the capital’s Bijoy Sarani early yesterday, said police.
The deceased was Yousuf Mridha, 42, son of Ali Akbar Mridha of Patuakhali.
Kazi Wazed Ali, officer-in-charge of Kafrul police, said the criminals snatched his vehicle and cellphone.
Yousuf died as either the criminals ran him over with the auto-rickshaw or another vehicle hit him.
The victim’s brother-in-law Alamgir Hossain told The Daily Star that, during the incident, Yousuf called him over the cellphone saying that he felt sick and could not drive.
Police recovered the body around 12:30am and sent it to Dhaka Medical College morgue for an autopsy.
-With The Daily Star input
