Miscreants snatch Tk 6 lakh from bKash worker at machete-point in Bagerhat

Miscreants snatched nearly Tk 6 lakh from a sales worker of a bKash distributor at machete-point in Kachua, Bagerhat. The incident took place near the roundabout at Signboard intersection in Kachua upazila at around 12:45 pm today, Sunday. The worker, Bachchu Sheikh, was injured in the attack.

Bachchu Sheikh is a Distribution Sales Officer (DSO) of Jabed Enterprise, the bKash distributor in Bagerhat.

Eyewitnesses said five men on two motorcycles blocked his path while he was crossing the road. When the miscreants tugged at the bag in his hand, Bachchu refused to let it go. He shouted, 'Snatchers, snatchers!' The miscreants then took out a machete from the bag and tried to hack him. They also threatened bystanders by showing the machete.

At one point, the miscreants struck with the machete. Bachchu tried to move away and fell on the road. They then snatched his bag and fled on two motorcycles towards the Badhal-Pirojpur road.

Md Humayun Kabir Kudrati, general manager of Jabed Enterprise, said their DSOs supply cash and e-money to bKash agents. Like every day, Bachchu took money from the office in the morning and went to Signboard market. After completing transactions at several shops, he parked his motorcycle and went into a shop. Later, while crossing the road to another shop, the miscreants on two motorcycles tried to snatch his bag.

Kudrati added that when Bachchu held on to the bag, the miscreants tried to hack him with the machete. At one point he fell and suffered minor scrapes. Even then they tried to hack him before fleeing with the bag. The bag contained approximately Tk 6 lakh. The amount may vary slightly because of transactions.

Md Al Mamun, officer-in-charge of Kachua police station, said the description of the incident has been heard from eyewitnesses. CCTV footage of the area is being analysed. Legal action will be taken in this incident.

Earlier, on September 3, miscreants on motorcycles snatched more than Tk 2 lakh from a bKash DSO at weapon-point at Heremer Mor in Bhadrapara village of Bemrata union, Bagerhat Sadar upazila.

Besides, on October 28, a Banglalink sales representative was stabbed and his money and office bag snatched at Purono Mazar Mor in Bagerhat Sadar.

On September 1, a man carrying Tk 6 lakh from Dutch-Bangla Bank in Bagerhat to the Jatrapur agent banking point was robbed by people identifying themselves as Detective Branch (DB) police.