Dhaka, June 12 -- A woman has died after being thrown from a rickshaw during a bag-snatching incident in Dhaka while returning from her Eid holiday.

The victim, identified as Soheli Islam Soma, 42, worked as a sales officer at Eskayef Pharmaceuticals, according to her relatives.

On Jun 6, Soma was travelling back to her home on Central Road with her college-going daughter after getting off a bus from Dinajpur's Parbatipur, said her cousin Sarwar Parvez Sabuj.

As their autorickshaw passed near Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital, motorcycle-riding muggers grabbed Soma's handbag and pulled it forcefully.

Soma, who was flung onto the road and struck her head on a divider, was admitted to Anwar Khan Modern Hospital in critical con...