Police shoot mugger in Dhaka
A man was shot and injured by police while he was fleeing after mugging a woman in the capital's Dhanmondi yesterday.
Swapan, 48, from Adabor, was undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital under police supervision.
He along with his associate on a motorbike snatched a handbag from the woman while she was on a rickshaw near Abahani playground in the early hours, said Parvez Islam, inspector of Dhanmondi Police Station.
After a police team patrolling the area chased the two down, Swapan fell on the road while his associate managed to run away, claimed Parvez, adding that they shot Swapan in the legs when he pulled out a knife on the law enforcers.
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