The injured Abdul Malek, 22, son of Abdul Aziz of village Betakhali at Shyamnagar in Satkhira district, was a shrimp trader of city's Olonkar Intersection.

Sources said Malek along with his fellow Golam Mostafa drew Tk 2 lakh from the Agrabad branch of Agrani Bank and hired a CNG-run autorickshaw to take them to Olonkar Intersection.

When the autorickshaw reached a place near Green View Residential Area on Port Connecting Road at around 2:00pm, nine armed snatchers in three CNG-run autorickshaws intercepted them.

As they victims tried to resist, the snatchers opened fire and made away with the cash.

Malek was shot in his right leg and was sent to Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CNCH), sources said.