The New Nation - Internet Edition

Chittagong Bureau

An armed snatcher was killed and his accomplice suffered serious wounds when passersby backed by locals came down heavily on them after at snatching bid in front of Nasirabad branch of the South East Bank yesterday afternoon.

The deceased was identified as Mohammed Babul (35). He was a resident of a village in Patiya while his wounded accomplice was Mohammad Kalam, son of Munshi Mia, of village Mohamuni Pahartali in Rangunia.

Police and eyewitnesses said that the armed goons riding motorbike attacked Mohammed Nurul Haque, an executive of the Jinnurain Trading, in front of Nasirabad branch of South East Bank at about 1:00 p.m. They tried to take away Taka 100 thousand in cash from him.

Nurul Haque had been on the way to deposit the amount of the Jinnurain Trading, a distributor of the Abul Khair Group, to the bank at that time. He, however, managed to catch a snatcher and raised alarm for help.

Security guards of the South East Bank and passersby rushed the spot and caught a snatcher red-handed while the accomplices of the detainee managed to escape.

Frenzied passersby assaulted two snatchers indiscriminately leaving Babul dead on the spot and Kamal critically wounded. At this stage cops rushed to the scene and recovered two motorbikes, a country-made gun and three rounds of live ammunition from their possession.

Later cops took the injured snatcher to Chittagong Medical College Hospital where doctors declared Babul dead while his accomplice had been undergoing treatment at the casualty ward of Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH).

Sub-Inspector of Panchlaish Police station and Investigation Officer (IO) of the incident Mahbub Milky said that three separate cases would be recorded in connection with the incidents.