A gang of armed men robbed more than Tk11 lakh from an employee of a private company yesterday, after shooting him in the leg in front of a bank in the capital’s Uttara area.
The incident occurred when Mahmudul Alam Shaheen, a business manager at Robi Digital Service, and a friend went to a branch of Prime Bank in Uttara sector 11 to deposit Tk11.92 lakh in cash.
“We got there in a CNG autorickshaw. As soon as we got off the vehicle, five youths approached us, brandishing arms, and attempted to snatch the bag of money from me. They opened fire when we tried to resist them,” said Mahmudul.
The alleged muggers then fled the scene on two motorcycles which were parked nearby.
“Perhaps, they had been following us since we left for the bank from our office in sector 7,” he added.
Mahmudul, 32, received a bullet wound in his right knee and was taken to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital for treatment. His friend, Nazrul, was unhurt.
Meanwhile, police said no case has been filed yet regarding the mugging.
“But we have heard about the incident and we are looking into it,” said Sub-Inspector Shaheed Suhrawardi of Uttara West police station.
