Sources said three unidentified miscreants in a CNG-run auto-rickshaw obstructed Abul Kalam in front of Bay View Kindergarten School at around 9:00am when he was going to deposit Tk 8.5 lakh at Pahartali Bazar branch of Pubali Bank.

The miscreants snatched away the bag full of money punching Kalam and flew the scene.

Kalam, owner of a grocery shop at Pahartali Bazar, said he kept the money earned in the last few days at home failing to deposit it due to political unrest and the government holidays.

He had just crossed around 300 gauges off his home at Ashraf Ali Road in Pahartali by rickshaw, police said.

A case was filed with Pahartali Police Station in this connection.