Tk 23 lakh mugged in city

Muggers took away around Tk 23 lakh from employees of two companies at Badda and Jatrabari in the city yesterday.

Sub-Inspector Delwar Hossain of Badda Police Station said armed criminals held four employees of JR Corporation at gun point and snatched Tk 18 lakh from their possession at about 10:30am.

The employees were going to the National Bank, Pragati Sarani branch from their office at Joarshahara of Kuril to deposit the money.

When they reached in front of the bank, three youths riding on a motorbike halted them and snatched the money, the SI said adding that the snatchers left the scene firing blank shots.

The criminals also stabbed Moinul Islam, 22, assistant storekeeper of the company, in his hand when he tried to resist the miscreants.

Moinul took primary treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.

Mohammad Harun-or-Rashid, general manager of JR Corporation, filed a case with the police station accusing some unidentified criminals.

Police detained all the four employees, who were present during the snatching incident, for interrogation.

At Jatrabari, snatchers took away Tk 4.84 lakh from an employee of a petrol pump around 12:50pm.

Sub-Inspector Amena Begum of Jatrabari Police Station said three to four criminals held Arifur Rahman, manager of Metro Petrol Pump at South Jatrabari, at gun point and snatched the money.

The muggers left the scene firing blank shots, the SI said.

A case was filed with the police station in this connection.

Source : The Daily Star