Dhaka, July 8 -- An elderly man has allegedly died after he and his wife were beaten during a robbery in Dhaka's Jatrabari.

The injured couple were rescued and taken to hospital on Tuesday morning when the incident was reported. Ismail, 80, was then declared dead around 6:30 am by the doctor on duty.

His wife, 75-year-old Saleha Begum, is still receiving treatment and remains in danger, according to Sub-Inspector Awlad Hossain of Jatrabari Police Station.

"The couple lived on a second-floor flat in the four-storey 'Khan Villa' house in Ittadi Alley in Jatrabari's Bibir Bagicha area. We went to the house when a robbery was reported. We did not find anyone else there and took the injured couple to Dhaka Medical College Hospital," he said...