Muggers snatch Tk6 lakh shooting cattle trader in Jessore

Muggers snatched away Tk6 lakh after shooting a cattle trader in Setai area of Sharsha upazila on Saturday night. The victim was identified as Khairul Islam, 30, son of Abu Siddique, a resident of Barpota village of the upazila.Quoting witnesses, police said a gang of muggers riding two motorbikes swooped on Khairul in the area at night when he was returning home from Satmile cattle market. The gangsters fired several gunshots as he tried to resist them and Khairul received bullet injuries.They snatched away Tk6lakh from his possession and fled the scene, said Bayezid Hasan, officer-in-charge of Baghachra Satmile police camp. Later, the injured cattle trader was admitted to a local clinic.UNB, Benapole