Muggers snatched away Tk 1 lakh from a businessman after stabbing him in the capital's Fakirapool area early yesterday.

Anar Mia, 47, owner of Asha Machinery in Dakshin Surma area of Sylhet, arrived in the capital around 5:30 on business purpose. With cut in both hands and legs, he took treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.

Two muggers on a motorcycle intercepted him while he on a rickshaw was heading towards old Dhaka around 6:00am, said Sub-Inspector Bachchu Mia, in-charge of DMCH police outpost, quoting the injured. They stabbed him and fled with the money, he added.