Tk 2.2 lakh mugged in Sylhet

Armed miscreants looted Tk 2,20,000 from two persons on Sylhet-Golapganj road yesterday afternoon.
Shafiq Uddin was going to Sylhet city from Beanibazar. Six miscreants on three motorbikes stopped his autorickshaw at Hilalpur, stabbed him and took away Tk 2,00,000. They also snatched Tk 20,000 from Bashir Uddin, who accompanied Shafique Uddin.
The two have been admitted to a private clinic in the city.
A case had been lodged with Golapganj police station but none could be arrested, police said.