Narayanganj, Aug. 2 -- Muggers snatched Tk 32.50 lakh after stopping a running private car in front of Sajeda Hospital in Kanchpur area on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway on Thursday.

Quoting Monir Hossain, a clothes businessman of Cumilla Cantonment area, Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP), RAB 11, Md Alep Uddin said 8-10 muggers, who were riding six motorcycles, stopped a private car at 8pm by striking the glass window with hammers, before opening fire and snatching the money being carried in the vehicle.

Monir Hossain and his brother-in-law Imran were in Dhaka visiting New Market to pay the advance on a shop space they were hoping to rent, but the deal fell apart. That meant they were returning to Narayanganj by private car with ...