Police detain mugger over infant's death in city

Police arrested a suspected mugger from the city's Doyaganj area on Sunday in connection with the death of a six-month-old boy falling off his mother's lap from a rickshaw during a snatching incident on December 18, reports UNB.

The arrestee was identified as Mohammad Rajib (20), son of Bhangari Kalam of Dupkhola Fakirbari village under Damudya upazila of Shariatpur. He has been living at Ghuntighar Railway Slum under Gandaria area.

Acting on secret information, a team of Jatrabari Thana conducted a drive and arrested Rajib around 1:00 am.

A gang of muggers swooped on a rickshaw carrying Aklima Khatun and her child Arafat at Doyaganj in the early morning of December 18. As the muggers snatched Aklima's vanity bag, her six-month-old child Arafat fell onto the road from her lap and sustained injuries.