Dhaka: A grocery shop owner was shot and wounded by snatchers in the Pallabi area of Dhaka on Thursday morning. The victim was identified as Mohammad Hossain Dipu, 46.
According to United News of Bangladesh, Dipu’s wife Afroza reported that three masked men on a motorbike shot her husband above his left knee. The assailants fled the scene after snatching Tk 17,000 from him. Dipu was initially taken to Kurmitola General Hospital in critical condition before being transferred to the emergency department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital around 8:45 am.
Pallabi police station Officer-in-Charge AKM Jahangir Alam stated that police have dispatched teams to both the hospital and the crime scene. The full details of the incident are still being verified.