Businessman shot, mugged Tk 1.08m in city

Some muggers snatched away Tk 1.08 million (10,80,000) after shooting a businessman at Mirpur in Dhaka city on Thursday night. The victim was identified as Sharif Nasir Hossain, 28, money exchange trader and resident of Janata Housing at Mirpur. Police, quoting Nasir’s family and friends said he has been running money exchange business at Mirpur-10 since long. They said a gang of miscreants ridding two motorbikes swooped on Nasir when he reached Janata Housing area around 7:55pm. Then the gangsters fired several gunshots targeting Nasir’s legs as he tried to resist them. They snatched away Tk 1.08m from the businessman and fled the scene leaving him in a pool of blood. He was first rushed to Delta Medical Hospital at Mirpur and then shifted to National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Rehabilitation, according to UNB.