Armed muggers shot an official of private mobile phone operator, Banglalink, to death and snatched Tk 2.5 lakh from him at Tongi here on Thursday. The deceased, Ahmed Mostofa, 32, was a sales agent of Voice Marketing Agency of Banglalink. He hailed from Barisal district. Officer-in-charge of Tongi Police Station Abul Kalam Azad said the armed muggers attacked Mostofa in Sataish area at about 1pm while he was returning to the local office of Banglalink after collecting money from the area. They fired two rounds of bullet at Mostofa as he tried to resist them, leaving him injured and fled the scene with the money, Azad said. Local people rushed him to the Tongi Government Hospital where doctors declared him dead. – UNB
