Kalapara AC (land) stabbed by muggers in Savar
Assistant Commissioner (land) of Kalapara upazila of Patuakhali Md Abu Bakar Siddique was stabbed by muggers in Savar.
He was admitted to Enam Medical College Hospital in Savar for treatment, reports our local correspondent.
Savar Model Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Deepak Chandra Saha said, "We have several teams in the operation, we are working to identify and arrest the criminals."
The victim is also a trainee in the ongoing Survey Settlement Training Course at BCS Livestock Academy in Savar.
The incident took place around 11:30pm last night in C&B area on Dhaka-Aricha highway in Savar.
Witness Abdur Rahim, a CNG-run auto-rickshaw driver, said that he and a few others saw around five to six muggers stabbing a man last night.
The attackers left the scene when Rahim and other witnesses started shouting, CNG driver Rahim said.
They first took AC (land) Abu Bakar to a government training centre. He was later taken to Enam hospital.
Savar Enam Medical College Hospital Senior Medical Officer (Surgery) Dr Ujjal Ahmed said, "We found five stab marks on the injured person."
Savar Upazila Assistant Commissioner (Land) Ismail Hossain told The Daily Star that Abu Bakar Siddique was returning by a bus to his training center in Savar after visiting his ailing mother in the capital.
When he got off the bus in C&B area, the muggers surrounded him, stabbed him and took away his mobile phone and money, Ismail added.
Legal action will be taken in this connection in consultation with higher authorities, the official added.
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