A police inspector was critically injured after three unidentified muggers attacked him with machetes in front of Collegiate Girls’ School in Khulna early Friday.
The incident took place at around 2:30am when Shah Alam, who works at the A-Circle office of Khulna district, was travelling by rickshaw to the police club after completing a special operation in the Rupsha Police Station area.
According to Khulna Sadar Police Station, the attackers snatched his cash and mobile phone before striking him with sharp machetes, injuring both his hands above the wrists.
He was rescued with the assistance of mobile patrol teams from Sadar and Sonadanga police stations and initially taken to City Medical College Hospital for treatment.
He was later transferred to Khulna Medical College Hospital before being sent to Dhaka by ambulance early Friday for advanced medical care.
The identities of the three attackers were not immediately known.
