The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

An Army Civil staff was killed and another critically wounded in an attack by muggers at Khilkhet in the city at dead of night yesterday.

The deceased was identified as Bellal Hossain, 40. The injured, Abdul Latif,42, was admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital(DMCH).

Police said Bellal and Latif came under attack near Khilkhet Footbridge at about 3 AM while they were going to Zia International Airport in a CNG-run auto-rickshaw to

receive Latif's nephew returning home from abroad.

The muggers, already in the three-wheeler, demanded all the belongings of Bellal and Latif and stabbed them indiscriminately on their refusal.

The snatchers then pushed them down from the auto-rickshaw and fled the scene.

On information, police from the Airport Thana rescued them from separate places of the road and took them to the DMCH where doctors declared Bellal dead.

A case was filed with the Airport Police Station in this connection.