Savar: Muggers snatched Tk 28 lakh after shooting a businessman at Savar Bazar Raod, on the outskirts of Dhaka, on Sunday.

Quoting victim’s father Madhu Sudan Chakraborty, police said Mithun, a local businessman, along with his brother Shubha Chakraborty withdrew Tk 28 lakh from Savar branch Dutch-Bangla Bank on business purpose in the afternoon.

When they were going to their factory in Dakkhin Para area a group of muggers riding on three motorcycles intercepted the rickshaw carrying them and tried to snatch the bag containing the money from Mithun.

Being resisted, the muggers shot Mithun in his neck and stabbed him indiscriminately, leaving him critically injured.

Later, the muggers fled the scene hurriedly with the bag.

The injured were rushed to Savar Enam Medical College Hospital.

On information, police and RAB visited the spot, reports UNB.