Snatchers flee with cash and valuables as police review CCTV footage.
TBS Report
24 October, 2026, 08:30 pm
Last modified: 24 October, 2026, 08:40 pm
Shahjahan Akand Shuvo, chief crime reporter of the daily Amader Shomoy, and his wife were mugged by two men on a motorcycle near the Shishu Mela footbridge in Dhaka's Shyamoli. His wife injured a finger during the incident.
The incident occurred around 7:15am today (24 October) as the couple travelled by autorickshaw from Azimpur to Kallyanpur to drop his wife off at a bus bound for Kushtia for an urgent family matter.
According to Shuvo, the two men approached their autorickshaw from behind and snatched his wife's vanity bag before fleeing towards Shyamoli. The bag contained cash, mobile phones, a bank debit card, a metro rail card and other valuables.
Shuvo said he had filed a written complaint with Mohammadpur Police Station. The suspects escaped before they could be apprehended.
Mohammadpur Police Station Officer-in-Charge Abdul Halim said police were reviewing nearby CCTV footage to identify the suspects and investigating the incident.