3-wheeler driver killed

A CNG-run auto-rickshaw driver was stabbed to death by muggers at Trimohini Bazaar near Chatarpya under Senbag upazila in the district on Monday night. The victim was identified as Yakub Hossain, 38, of Morkot village under Nangolkot upazila in Comilla district. Police quoting witnesses said a group of six muggers requested driver Yakub Hossain to go to Chatarpya from Trimohini Bazaar at around 11:00pm. On his refusal, the muggers started stabbing him indiscriminately. When Yakub Hossain cried out for help, locals chased the muggers and caught two of them. After a good beating, they handed them over to Senbag police. Yakub Hossain died on the spot.