Muggers portrays as travelers have shot driver of a CNG-run auto rickshaw and run off with the vehicle near Zhauchar area of Hemayetpur of Savar on Friday.
The bullet injured driver Iqbal Ali, 25, was admitted in Savar Enam Medical College and Hospital in a critical condition.
The driver said three CNG passengers hire the vehicle near Kanarchar area and suddenly they asked him to halt the run near Zhauchar area and they tried to seize the vehicle.
While, Iqbal tried to ingot them the muggers flew snatched shot him on back and snatched vehicle also fled the scene.
Later, locals admitted him to Savar Enam Medical College and Hospital in critical condition.
Savar Police Station Officer-in-Charge Abdul Motaleb confirmed the incident to the Dhaka Tribune.
He said police visited the spot but they did not manage to retrieve the vehicle and arrest the muggers.