Tk 23 lakh mugged in Gazipur

Staff Correspondent, Gazipur: Muggers allegedly took away around Tk 23 lakh from a businessman at Tongi Bazar in Gazipur on Monday.

The incident took place around 10:00am.

Sources said armed criminals stopped the businessman named Haji Jakir Hossain at gun point and snatched Tk 18 lakh from their possession at about 10:30am.

Jakir Hossain told reporters that his rickshaw was intercepted by the snatchers while he and his friend were on his way to a private bank after taking the money from his shop. Meanwhile, the muggers snatched the money from them and fled the scene.

Tongi police station SI Abdul Hamid said that investigation is underway in this regard.


risingbd/Gazipur/Jan 1, 2018/Hasmat Ali/Nasim