Textile mill employee shot, robbed of Tk 20 lakh

Dhaka  – Muggers looted Tk 20 lakh from a textile mill employee after shooting him in front of the Jatiya Press Club in the capital on Saturday.The injured was identified as M Sobhan, 45, supervisor of Al Hazrat Textile Mill situated at Demra.Sub-inspector Bachchu Miah, camp in-charge of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH), said a gang of eight miscreants riding four motorcycles intercepted a private car carrying Sobhan and mill owners Rajib and Shakil in front of the Jatiya Press Club in the afternoon on their way to Demra from Chawkbazar.At one stage, one of the miscreants opened fire on Sobhan and snatched a briefcase containing Tk 20 lakh from him and fled the scene, said SI Bachchu Miah.Later, Sobhan was taken to the DMCH.(UNB)