Tk 36 lakh looted
Muggers shot dead one person and injured another at the capital’s Badda and Gandaria yesterday. They took away about Tk 36 lakh in total.
The deceased, Shamsul Islam, 50, was an employee of Satarkul Rice Agency at Middle Badda and the injured, Abdul Huq, a transport businessman.
A gang of five to six muggers obstructed Shamsul and his two colleagues near Madhya Badda Community Centre around 2:30pm when they were going to a nearby bank on foot to deposit Tk 16 lakh.
Shamsul was carrying a bag containing the money. As the muggers tried to snatch the bag, they resisted. The muggers shot Shamsul in the abdomen.
When the gang was leaving the place with the money, locals chased them and managed to catch three of them. The mob beat up the three before handing them over to Badda police.
Shamsul was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where he died around 4:30pm.
Sub-Inspector Shahjahan Bhuiyan of Badda Police Station said the police recovered Tk4.5 lakh from the detainees.
In protest against the killing, locals staged a demonstration and vandalised vehicles after blocking the streets, which caused severe traffic jam in the area for over two hours.
In Gandaria, Abdul Huq was robbed of Tk 19.13 lakh when he was on way to a bank around 1:00pm.
Abdul’s nephew Rumi, who was accompanying him at that time, said three to four muggers waylaid them at Doyaganj when they were going to the bank to deposit the amount.
“As we tried to resist the muggers, they fired at my uncle and ran away with the bag containing the money.”
Abdul was admitted to DMCH with a bullet in his back.
