Muggers shoot man, take away money

Muggers shot and injured a private firm employee before snatching Tk 1.15 lakh from him at Motijheel in the capital yesterday.
The victim Khorshed Alam, 30, is a payment collector at Planet Corporation, a company that supplies garment accessories.
The victim said he was carrying the money in a small bag and was walking from his Fakirarpul residence to his Motijheel office around 10:00am.
“As soon as I neared Navana CNG Station,” said Khorshed, “three men appeared on a motorcycle and started pulling at my bag. They also punched and kicked me to snatch the bag that I was holding tight.”
They fired a blank shot but “I was determined not to give in”, said Khorshed. “Then one of them shot at my left thigh.”
The three snatched the bag and drove off towards Motijheel Shapla Chattar, he added.
Khorshed staggered to Motijheel Police Station a little distance away. Police took him to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where he underwent an operation.
He is now receiving treatment at Islami Bank Central Hospital in Kakrail.
He collected the amount from a client in Baitul Mokarram area on Friday and kept the amount in his house.
None had been arrested in this connection, Hayatuzzaman Mollah, officer-in-charge of the police station, told The Daily Star.