A video has gone viral on social media showing knife-wielding robbers snatching a young man's bag in broad daylight.
Police say the incident took place on the afternoon of May 18. The incident took place at Greenway Alley in Moghbazar in the capital. The young man who was robbed is named Abdullah. His home is in Comilla.
Abdullah filed a case against three unidentified persons at the Hatirjheel Police Station in the capital on Sunday night in connection with the robbery.
Hatirjheel Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Md. Raju told Prothom Alo that the incident happened about a week ago. However, the victim did not report the matter to the police station for so long. The victim was found after the video went viral. He filed a case with the police station at midnight on Sunday.
CCTV footage circulating on social media shows a young man walking down an alley with a bag on his shoulder. A motorcycle is parked at the gate of a house some distance away. Three people, including the driver, are riding the motorcycle. As the young man with the bag on his shoulder approaches the gate of the house, two people riding on the back of the motorcycle block his path. One of them has a helmet on his head, the other has a mask on his face. Both are carrying machetes. The two hit the young man with machetes and snatch his bag from him. When they were about to get on the motorcycle, the young man comes up behind them. Then, the two hit him again with machetes and get on the motorcycle.
The CCTV footage also shows that at one
