Kushtia, March 22 -- Armed robbers looted cash from passengers and injured the driver of a bus in Mirpur upazila of Kushtia early Saturday.

The incident took place at around 4:30 am at Bhanga Bottola on the Kushtia-Meherpur highway, where the criminals blocked the road using a truck and tree logs, according to the victims.

The injured driver, Amjad Hossain, is currently undergoing treatment at Kushtia General Hospital.

According to Amjad, he had departed from Dhaka for Meherpur at 10:45pm on Friday. Upon reaching Kushtia around 3:30am, he stopped for sehri and then resumed the journey.

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