Elderly woman killed by muggers
Police early yesterday arrested two muggers for murdering an elderly woman whose body was recovered from a bush in port city's Naval-2 area on Saturday.
The arrestees are Md Rubel, 22, and Md Abbas, 25, said police.
The body of Manju Sen, 77, was recovered near an abandoned building in the area after she went missing since Friday morning.
“Both the arrestees are professional muggers and they strangled her to death to rob her gold ornaments and mobile phone,” said Nezam Uddin, officer-in-charge of Sadarghat Police Station.
During primary interrogation, the duo confessed that they murdered her when she went out for a morning walk. They took her earrings, a ring and mobile phone; and dumped the body.
The two were shown arrested in the murder case filed by the victim's son, said Ruhul Amin, inspector (investigation) of the police station.
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