Two muggers held with bloodstained knife and autorickshaw after driver killed in Rupganj
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An autorickshaw driver named Rajan, 25, has been stabbed to death with a sharp knife by muggers snatching his autorickshaw in Rupganj, Narayanganj. The incident took place on Monday night on the road beside Rupshi Bagbari Bridge. Shortly afterwards, police and locals chased down and detained two muggers, Faisal, 24, and Jamal Mia, 30, and recovered a bloodstained knife and the snatched autorickshaw from them. A police member was injured when he was hit by the muggers’ vehicle while trying to catch them.
The deceased, Rajan, was from the Rupshi Pradhanbari area.
According to police and locals, the criminals blocked the path of Rajan’s autorickshaw on the paved road adjacent to Rupshi Bagbari Bridge around 3am on Monday night. They stabbed Rajan with a sharp knife. Leaving the critically injured Rajan on the road, the criminals fled with the autorickshaw. Locals later rescued him and took him to US-Bangla Medical College Hospital, where the doctor on duty declared Rajan dead.
Right after the incident, a police patrol team tried to catch the muggers as they fled with the autorickshaw. The muggers then rammed the police patrol vehicle hard, and a police member was thrown off and injured. Chased by police and locals, Faisal and Jamal were then caught with the autorickshaw in front of a garbage heap beside Tarabo Bishwa Road. A bloodstained knife was also recovered from them.
The detained Faisal is the son of Raja Mia, from the Chanpara area of Rupganj. Jamal Mia is a resident of the Karimpur area of Noakhali; his father is Abdul Kadir. During primary interrogation, both admitted that they had stabbed Rajan and snatched the autorickshaw.
Rupganj Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) HM Salauddin said a regular case on charges of murder and mugging is being filed over the incident. The detained accused will be sent to court after the legal procedures are completed quickly.
