Bus passengers robbed, three stabbed
Three passengers were stabbed as a gang of highway robbers swooped on a night coach in Chitalmari upazila of Bagerhat early yesterday.
Police in Nazirpur upazila of Pirojpur seized the bus and detained the driver for interrogation.
Nijamuddin Sheikh, a passenger of Emdad Paribahan, said their bus left Sayedabad bus terminal in Dhaka for Pirojpur around 9:00pm on Tuesday.
Around 2:00am, the driver stopped the bus in Rajnagar area under Chitalmari upazila for dropping off a passenger.
As soon as the bus stopped, at least seven armed robbers got into the vehicle and looted valuables from the passengers. They also stabbed three passengers.
Habibur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Nazirpur Police Station, said on information, they seized the bus and arrested driver Tarikul Islam in connection with the incident.
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