A gang of miscreants snatched away a fruits-laden rickshaw van after injuring its driver by firing from the city’s Plassey intersection area near the Dhaka University early Thursday.
The injured driver was identified as Rana, 30. He is also owner of the van, on which he sells fruits on different city streets, including Lalbagh and Azimpur areas, police said.
Quoting family members, Inspector Mozammel Haque of the police outpost at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) confirmed the incident and said that Rana was returning Mohammadpur after buying fruits from Badamtali of Sadarghat. When he reached near Plassey crossing at about 6:00am, a gang of muggers numbering five intercepted him and tried to snatch away his rickshaw van.
As he tried to resist, the snatchers shot Rana and fled the spot along with the fruit-laden van.
The locals recovered Rana and rushed him to the DMCH, said the police official.
Like other days, Rana had gone to Badamtoli by pulling his rickshaw van from his Shaheed Nagar residence early in the morning to bring fruits.
