Businessman robbed of Tk 3 lakh

Muggers snatched away Tk 3 lakh from a transport businessman at Kamalapur in the city last night after piercing his left eye with a ballpoint pen.
Critically wounded Sirajul Islam, a resident of Mirpur, was operated upon at Islami Bank Hospital at Shahjahanpur from where he was shifted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital as his condition deteriorated.
Relatives told reporters at the DMCH that Sirajul was attacked at Kamalapur when he was returning to his residence at Mirpur in a CNG-run autorickshaw from the Sayedabad Bus Stand at about 7:30pm. They said he was carrying Tk 3 lakh with him that he collected from his business establishments in Sylhet.
The relatives said three muggers got into his autorickshaw and hit his left eye with a ball pen. They took away the money and pushed him out of the vehicle. The snatchers immediately left the place with the autorickshaw, saying that the driver is a member of the gang.
Locals rushed him to a local hospital, they added.