[Bangla Daily Star] A mugger was killed and two people including a woman sustained bullet wounds in a shootout between police and the muggers yesterday in the capital's Pallabi area.The deceased was identified as Taiyab, 35, while the injured were Kaniz Fatema Munni, 23, wife of expatriate Helal Uddin of Tejkunipara of Tejgaon and CNG-run auto-rickshaw driver Hafizur Rahman. Munni was rushed to Samarita Hosptial with two bullets in the lower part of her body while Hafizur was taken to Pangu Hospital for treatment.
Officer-in-charge (OC) Abdul Malek of Pallabi Police Station said the gunfight ensued around 1:30pm when a team of police led by him chased the gang in front of SKAMCO CNG filling station at Pallabi. Witnesses said five muggers on two motorbikes reached the spot and shot Munni as she tried to resist them snatching her bag containing around Tk 2.2 lakh.
OC Malek said when locals and police team chased the fleeing muggers they opened fire prompting the police to retaliate. After the shootout police recovered Taiyab's bullet-hit body from the spot and a pistol in his hand while his accomplices managed to escape the scene with the money.
Mohammad Elias Sharif, Additional Deputy Commissioner of DMP of Mirpur zone, said Munni drew the amount from a bank and was taking it home.