Armed muggers snatch Tk 3 lakh

Armed muggers snatched away Tk 3 lakh from a couple in Mozidpur area of Savar yesterday noon.

Shamim Mea, a local trader, and his wife Bithee Akter were returning to their Shahibugh residence by a rickshaw after withdrawing the money from Eastern Bank's Savar branch, said Shamim.

When they reached Mozidpur, around six muggers on two motorcycles waylaid them and fled after snatching the money and their cell phones at gunpoint, he said.