Mugging attempt claims woman’s life in city
A woman died after falling off a rickshaw when a group of muggers attempted to snatch her bag in the capital's Mugda area yesterday morning.
The victim, Tarina Begum Lipi, 38, was from Sylhet's Sadar upazila. She along with her family members came to Dhaka on February 24 to visit relatives in South Rajarbagh, police and relatives said.
The incident happened around 5:30am when Lipi and her family members were going to Kamalapur Railway Station to catch a train to Sylhet, said Proloy Kumar Saha, officer-in-charge of Mugda Police Station.
Lipi was on the rickshaw with her elder son Shahriar Rinki, 15, while her husband Golam Kibria and their daughter Tamisa Binte Kibria, 6, were on another one behind.
"When the rickshaw was crossing Mugda stadium, a mugger from inside a white car pulled Lipi's bag so hard that she fell on the road and suffered a head injury," OC Proloy said, quoting a police team patrolling nearby the scene.
She was taken to Mugda General Hospital before being transferred to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where she passed away around 6:45am, the OC added.
Police said they have launched drives to arrest the muggers.
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