Muggers rob businessman

Our Correspondent, Natore
Muggers looted Tk 3.45 lakh from a trader at Kanaikhali in the town yesterday. Victim Abdul Kader Selim,38, is owner of a brick kiln. Locals said Selim withdrew Tk 3.45 lakh from a branch of Islami Bank and then returning to his office by a rickshaw at about 12:15pm. As he reached Banga Masjid area, a microbus carrying a gang of 6-7 waylaid him identifying themselves as law enforcers and picked him up in the microbus. They also beat him during the incident. The gang then snatched away the money and his cell phone set and left him at a road point at Senbag in Puthia upazila of Rajshahi. Locals found him in an unconscious state and sent him to Sadar Hospital.