A 21-year-old woman named Mukta Akter died after falling from a moving battery-run autorickshaw during a bag-snatching incident in Dhaka’s Uttara Turag area on Thursday, March 19, 2026. Police confirmed that her husband, Limon Hossain, filed a case against unidentified suspects. Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Md. Sarwar said the case is being investigated with utmost importance, and the culprits will not escape justice. CCTV footage from the area has been collected, and efforts are underway to identify the private car used in the crime.

According to police and family accounts, Mukta was traveling to Uttara House Building Market when snatchers in a private car pulled her handbag, causing her to fall and sustain severe injuries. She was taken to several hospitals and later declared dead at Dhaka Medical College Hospital. Mukta, originally from Rajshahi’s Godagari upazila, lived with her husband in Uttara’s Fayadabad area.

Local sources said snatching incidents tend to rise before Eid, though such crimes are rare in that specific area. Mukta’s husband alleged that it was not just a robbery but a deliberate killing and demanded justice.