A woman was killed under the wheels of a private car as muggers from the vehicle snatched away her vanity bag on Mirpur Road in Dhanmondi 7 of Dhaka early Friday.
The deceased was identified as Helena Begum, an employee of a hospital in the city's Green Road, said Inspector Md Parvez Islam.
According to him, Begum arrived Dhaka with her husband Monirul Islam on Friday after spending a vacation in Barisal.
The couple took a bus from Sadarghat and got off at the stop near Dhanmondi Road 7.
As soon as they were crossing the road, the muggers’ car approached and snatched Begum’s purse, said the police officer citing the victim’s husband.
“Helena fell on the ground when her purse was snatched and the car ran over her,” said Inspector Parvez adding she died immediately, said bdnews24.
He said they have launched an investigation into the matter.
Last month, a 5-month-old infant died after falling from a moving rickshaw in Dhaka’s Doyaganj when muggers attempted to snatch the mother’s purse.