Muggers shoot 2 bKash staff, snatch Tk 11.90 lakh

Muggers looted Tk 11.90 lakh after shooting two employees of bKash, a mobile money transfer provider, in the city’s Kafrul area on Saturday.

 

General manager of the company Zainul Abedin said Mosharraf,35, and Alamin,32, collected the money from different bkash agents of Mirpur-13 area in the morning, reports UNB.

 

When they were returning to the office of AID distributor in Mirpur-14 area, 5-6 muggers, riding two motorcycles, intercepted their motorbike opposite to the Police Staff College around 10:15 am, he said.

 

As the two employees tried to resist, the muggers fired gunshots and fled the scene with the money, leaving them injured, said Zainul Abedin quoting the victims.

 

They injured were first taken to a local hospital and then shifted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital in the afternoon.

 

Sources at the DMCH said Mosharraf sustained bullet injuries in his two hands while Alamin in one hand.

 

Contacted, Assistant Commissioner (Pallabi Zone) of DMP Zakir Hossain said Kafrul thana police are trying to arrest the culprits.