UNB, Dhaka :
Beware! You may fall prey to muggers while crossing some places in the capital that have been earmarked as ‘hotspots of mugging’. Talking to victims and law enforcement officials, the UNB correspondents found out that the muggers usually snatch mobile phone sets, laptops, other electronic devices, handbags and ornaments from women.
On August 11 last, Sadia Afrin, 22, fell victim to muggers while she was going to Khagrachhari from Sayedabad Bus Terminal by a bus of Shyamoli Paribahan.
“As the bus started moving on from the terminal, I picked up my mobile phone set to make a call. And suddenly a mugger snatched the set as the window of the bus was open,” Sadia told UNB.
Mamunur Rashid, an official of a private organization, was mugged near Ansar Camp in Mirpur-1 while he was going to his home by a rickshaw with a laptop.
“It was around 10 am. I was going back home at Kalyanpur from
Mirpur-1 by a rickshaw. Muggers riding a motorcycle positioned themselves beside by rickshaw while I was passing by Ansar Camp and snatched my laptop,” Mamunur said.
According to the victims, the muggers adopt different techniques depending on the time of the day.
The muggers usually prey on rickshaw passengers at dawn using microbus and private car. The precision snatchers haunt the passengers of CNG auto-rickshaw after the evening to night by cutting the backside of CNG-driven auto-rickshaw when the passengers use mobile phones.
Besides, the muggers snatch mobile phone sets from the passengers seated beside the windows of buses when those are stopped during traffic signals at various intersections. The hotspots identified in the capital are Ansar camp in Mirpur-1, Grameen Bank Bhaban area in Mirpur-2, Mirpur Indoor Stadium area, Purabi Post Office Lane in Mirpur-12, Shyamoli Cinema Hall, Dhanmondi-27, Shankar bus stand, Dhanmondi, Bangabandhu International Conference Center area in Agargaon, Bijoy Sharani, Shezan Point at Farmgate, Saarc Fountain near Kawran Bazar, The Dhaka dwellers also experience mugging at Mouchak, Century Arcade shopping mall area in Moghbazar, Bangabandhu Stadium area in Gulistan, Sayedabad Bus Terminal Area, Jatrabari intersection, Fuller Road and Shaheed Minar area on the Dhaka University campus and Chairman Bari area at Kakoli.
Contacted, Deputy Commissioner (Media) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Masudur Rahman said DMP has already increased police patrol, check posts and static security measures in the capital, especially at various strategic points to avert any unpleasant incident, including mugging.
Not only in the capital, there are also hotspots of mugging in other major cities, including Chittagong, Rajshahi, Khulna and Sylhet.
The hotspots in the port city of Chittagong include Tiger Pass, Gani Bakery intersection, Lalkhan Bazar intersection, Love Lane, Askar Dighi, GEC intersection, AK Khan intersection, Badamtoli intersection in Agrabad, New Market intersection and Dewanhat intersection.
In Rajshahi the hotspots include Rajshahi University campus, Kalabagan in Boalia thana, Hatem Kha graveyard, Kadirganj-Gorhanga road and Vodra Bypass.
In Sylhet, the hotspots included Taltola, Shahjalal and Keane Bridge, Subhanighat, Shibganj, Baluchar, Airport Raod, Zindabazar. The mugging usually takes place at daytime.
In Khulna, the city people fall victim to snatching in Moilapota, Sheikh Para, Shib Bari, Gollamari and Natun Bazar areas. In most cases, the victims do not file any case to avoid the ‘hassles’ of legal process.
Beware! You may fall prey to muggers while crossing some places in the capital that have been earmarked as ‘hotspots of mugging’. Talking to victims and law enforcement officials, the UNB correspondents found out that the muggers usually snatch mobile phone sets, laptops, other electronic devices, handbags and ornaments from women.
On August 11 last, Sadia Afrin, 22, fell victim to muggers while she was going to Khagrachhari from Sayedabad Bus Terminal by a bus of Shyamoli Paribahan.
“As the bus started moving on from the terminal, I picked up my mobile phone set to make a call. And suddenly a mugger snatched the set as the window of the bus was open,” Sadia told UNB.
Mamunur Rashid, an official of a private organization, was mugged near Ansar Camp in Mirpur-1 while he was going to his home by a rickshaw with a laptop.
“It was around 10 am. I was going back home at Kalyanpur from
Mirpur-1 by a rickshaw. Muggers riding a motorcycle positioned themselves beside by rickshaw while I was passing by Ansar Camp and snatched my laptop,” Mamunur said.
According to the victims, the muggers adopt different techniques depending on the time of the day.
The muggers usually prey on rickshaw passengers at dawn using microbus and private car. The precision snatchers haunt the passengers of CNG auto-rickshaw after the evening to night by cutting the backside of CNG-driven auto-rickshaw when the passengers use mobile phones.
Besides, the muggers snatch mobile phone sets from the passengers seated beside the windows of buses when those are stopped during traffic signals at various intersections. The hotspots identified in the capital are Ansar camp in Mirpur-1, Grameen Bank Bhaban area in Mirpur-2, Mirpur Indoor Stadium area, Purabi Post Office Lane in Mirpur-12, Shyamoli Cinema Hall, Dhanmondi-27, Shankar bus stand, Dhanmondi, Bangabandhu International Conference Center area in Agargaon, Bijoy Sharani, Shezan Point at Farmgate, Saarc Fountain near Kawran Bazar, The Dhaka dwellers also experience mugging at Mouchak, Century Arcade shopping mall area in Moghbazar, Bangabandhu Stadium area in Gulistan, Sayedabad Bus Terminal Area, Jatrabari intersection, Fuller Road and Shaheed Minar area on the Dhaka University campus and Chairman Bari area at Kakoli.
Contacted, Deputy Commissioner (Media) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Masudur Rahman said DMP has already increased police patrol, check posts and static security measures in the capital, especially at various strategic points to avert any unpleasant incident, including mugging.
Not only in the capital, there are also hotspots of mugging in other major cities, including Chittagong, Rajshahi, Khulna and Sylhet.
The hotspots in the port city of Chittagong include Tiger Pass, Gani Bakery intersection, Lalkhan Bazar intersection, Love Lane, Askar Dighi, GEC intersection, AK Khan intersection, Badamtoli intersection in Agrabad, New Market intersection and Dewanhat intersection.
In Rajshahi the hotspots include Rajshahi University campus, Kalabagan in Boalia thana, Hatem Kha graveyard, Kadirganj-Gorhanga road and Vodra Bypass.
In Sylhet, the hotspots included Taltola, Shahjalal and Keane Bridge, Subhanighat, Shibganj, Baluchar, Airport Raod, Zindabazar. The mugging usually takes place at daytime.
In Khulna, the city people fall victim to snatching in Moilapota, Sheikh Para, Shib Bari, Gollamari and Natun Bazar areas. In most cases, the victims do not file any case to avoid the ‘hassles’ of legal process.
