The New Nation - Internet Edition

UNB, Dhaka

Muggers hacked a rice trader failing to snatch Tk 27.40 lakh from him near Krishi Market of Adabor in the city yesterday afternoon.

Police said the gang, coming in a microbus, intercepted Azizul Haque, 50, owner of Maa Bhandaria Rice Agency of Kushtia when he was going to Islami Bank, Krishi Market branch, for depositing Tk 27.40 lakh.

As Azizul resisted them, the muggers hacked him with sharp weapon indiscriminately, leaving him critically injured at about 2:45pm.

But they had to leave the place with empty hands as local people rushed to the spot hearing the hue and cry of Azizul, who came to the capital to collect money from the wholesalers.

The injured businessman was rushed to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital. A case was filed with Adabor police station.