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Criminals on the prowl

Snatchers shoot 2, take away Tk 28 lakh; 3 stabbed in bus, lost Tk 1.65 lakh; jewellery shop robbed

Staff Correspondent
Armed muggers snatched over Tk 28 lakh after shooting at two officials of a private firm in the capital's Elephant Road yesterday.
Meanwhile, another gang of criminals stabbed three fishermen on a running bus and snatched Tk 1.65 lakh from them at Bijoy Sarani in the morning.
In West Rampura, a gang of armed criminals robbed 70 tolas of gold ornaments, 2.5kgs of silver ornaments and Tk 82,000 in cash from a jewellery shop in the early hours yesterday. Those injured in the shooting at Elephant Road were Shahinur Alam, 32, an electrical engineer, and Amjad Ali Russel, 32, logistic support executive of the private company Chicks and Feeds Limited at West Panthapath of the city. Both of them received a bullet each and were admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH).
Shahinur told this correspondent that he along with his two colleagues was about to get into their car after withdrawing money from an NCC bank branch around 2:45pm.
"As soon as I pulled the car door to get in, two persons dragged me from behind. They shot at me when I fell on the ground,” he said.
Russel was just behind him with the bag of money. The muggers fired at him too and ran away with the bag, Shahinur added.
Security guards at the bank said the injured were taken inside the bank building to save their lives. Later, the driver of the car rushed them to DMCH.
Traffic constable Azharul Islam, who was on duty a few yards off the spot, said he saw two youths with a
bag running away on a motorbike. Another youth was waiting for them on the motorcycle.
This correspondent noticed two bullet marks on the back door of the victims' car. Witnesses said they heard 5-6 rounds of shots being fired.
Mohammad Mohiuddin, Manager of NCC Bank, said, “Our Dhanmondi Branch referred them to this branch as it had a shortage of money. The victims received the money in two packages from the branch.
"The director of the company, Golam Mostafa, took a packet containing Tk 5 lakh and another official took the other bag with Tk 23.12 lakh,” he said.
New Market Police said muggers snatched one of the bags containing Tk 23.12 lakh. But, Russel told police that the director had put his packet in the bag while coming down the stairs.
Meanwhile, a gang of armed muggers yesterday hacked three fish traders on a Farmgate-bound bus at Bijoy Sarani and snatched Tk 1.65 lakh from their possession around 5:30am.
The muggers then drove them out of the bus at Bijoy Sarani.
Police detained two suspected muggers in this connection. Mahbubur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Tejgaon Police Station, said Tejgaon patrol police chased a bus hearing the screams of the victims and managed to stop it at Bijoy Sarani.
Police managed to arrest one of the robbers and the driver of the bus. The driver might have been involved in the robbery, the OC said.
Injured fish traders Mohammad Hanif, 30, Abdul Quader, 32, and Shah Alam, 35, were treated at DMCH.
In West Rampura's Wapda Road, a gang of 10-12 muggers at 4:30am tied up the security guards of a market and robbed gold and silver ornaments and cash from Sumon Jewellers.
Joynal Abedin, the owner of the shop, told this correspondent that the muggers came in a pick-up van and entered the market in the guise of labourers. They broke the locks of the shop open and went away with a steel locker. Local residents chased them but could not get hold of them.
Joynal later filed a case with Rampura Police Station.