Goalanda muggers turn desperate ahead of Eid

Mugging has marked a sharp rise in the area from Daulatdia Union Parishad to Daulatdia Ferryghat in Goalanda upazila, Rajbari ahead of the holy Eid-ul-Fitr.   Police said muggers are hurling crude bombs at the law enforcers to terrorise them, as they have increased their patrol in the area.   A group of muggers set off two handmade bombs targeting the police in front of Model School at 11pm on Tuesday, while another group hurled a handmade bomb at law enforcers in Canalghat area around 1:30am.   However, there was no casualty or injury in the incidents.   On July 29, muggers forced a microbus driver to stop his vehicle at gunpoint, and took away all his belongings leaving him injured.   Chased by patrol police, the defiant muggers threw bombs at the law enforcers and fled the scene, reports UNB.   Earlier, on July 19, armed muggers snatched dollars, equivalent to Tk800,000 and 6.5kg of gold ornaments from an expatriate, Zakir, in the ferry ghat area while he was returning home from South Korea.   When contacted, Rajbari Superintendent of Police M Rezaul Hoque acknowledged the facts and said the muggers were exploding handmade bombs to a create panic among the police.   "But, police are not afraid at all," he added.