The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

Lalmatia residential area under Mohammadpur thana in the city has become a veritable haven for the muggers.

At least 30 mugging incidents took place in last three days and school-going boys and girls with mobile sets and cash money in their possession often fell victim to the muggers.

Mohammadpur thana OC Shibli Noman admitted the rise of the snatching incident and told The New Nation yesterday, "Two muggers were arrested on Friday and a mobile phone set was recovered from their possession."

Mainul Islam, a class nine student of Oxford International School whose mobile set and cash money was mugged, alleged, "It is too risky to walk on the roads at Bloc-D and its adjacent areas in the evening."

Another student Zubayer Hossain alleged the miscreants chased him on Friday when he was on his way to private tutor's house. Dibakar Sanyal, a senior teacher of Oxford International School and a resident of Block-D in Lalmatia, said, a number of his students were victimised by the miscreants.

Another teacher of the school said whenever the police patrol is seen, miscreants go in hiding and as soon as policemen left, they surface again.

OC Noman said he would strengthen patrol duty to check repeated incidents of muggings.