Dhaka, March 19 -- A woman died after falling from an auto-rickshaw when a mugger pulled her bag near Uttara North Metro Station in the capital on Thursday morning.

The deceased was identified as Mukta Akhter, 21, wife of Limon Hossain.

She was rescued around 1:45pm and taken to the emergency department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital, where the on-duty doctor declared her dead.

Her husband Limon Hossain said Mukta was returning home from market by auto-rickshaw around 9:30am when a mugger attempted to snatch her bag near the metro station.

"As the mugger pulled her bag, my wife fell from the auto-rickshaw and was seriously injured," Limon said.

He said locals rescued her and first took her to Bangladesh Medical College Hospital. A...