Dhaka, July 25 -- Mohammadpur police have arrested three muggers and recovered a snatched mobile phone within 12 hours of a mugging incident in the capital.

The arrestees were identified as Yusuf, 26; Siam, 23; and Zahurul, 22.

According to police, a group of muggers intercepted a journalist and his wife when they were riding on a rickshaw around 11pm on Thursday in an alley near the Tin Rastar Mor area under Mohammadpur Police Station.

Armed with a machete, the criminals took away the journalist's mobile phone and wallet, injuring him in the process, said DC media of DMP Talebur Rahman.

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