Robbery on moving bus in Savar; one stabbed

A robbery took place on a moving passenger bus on the Dhaka-Aricha Highway in Savar today (20 December), leaving multiple passengers injured.

Ashulia Police Station Sub-Inspector (SI) Alok Kumar Dey told The Business Standard that the robbers boarded the Nabinagar-bound bus of Welcome Paribahan from Genda area and after the robbery, they got off near the gate adjacent to MH Hall of Jahangirnagar University. 

Eyewitnesses said the robbers snatched cash, mobile phones and ornaments from all the passengers on the bus.

A passenger named Md Shamim Hossain was seriously injured when the robbers stabbed him. 

Dr Hassan Mahbub, on-duty doctor at the emergency department of Enam Medical College Hospital, told TBS that Shamim had multiple stab wounds on his chest and other parts of his body. He is undergoing treatment at the hospital.

Apart from Shamim, several other passengers on the bus were injured in beating by the robbers, according to eyewitnesses. However, detailed information about them was not available.

Harun Or Rashid, a passenger on the bus, said, "After the bus crossed the Savar Radio Colony area around 6:30pm, three youths armed with sharp weapons suddenly took the passengers hostage and started robbing them. First, the robbers stabbed a passenger sitting in the front. Then, they looted all the money and belongings from all the passengers and got off the bus."