Bronx Man Mugged And Beaten For $15 Dies From Injuries

Via WPIX

A Bronx man who was mugged and beaten over the weekend for $15 died from his injuries yesterday. Police say that 59-year-old Bimal Chanda was moving out of his apartment in Fordham when he was attacked by two men who repeatedly struck him with a metal object.

Chanda was walking to his old apartment building on West 190th Street after purchasing packing tape around 9 a.m. Saturday. The two muggers followed him into the building and confronted him on the second floor landing. While one beat him with the metal object, the other grabbed his cash. Chanda has been in intensive care since the attack.

Chanda, who was married and has a daughter, lived in the building for more than 25 years; a neighbor told the Post that he “always made conversation with my kids ... he always told them, ‘Keep going to school.’” Neighbors held a vigil and protest last night in Fordham; police are still searching for the muggers.

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By Ben Yakas in News on November 3, 2011 2:45 PM

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Investigate-NWO-globalists

Sickening! Is life really so cheap to some people!?

izzy isou

Disgusting act by two ghetto hood rats. Even if they catch them it won't matter to them much, most of the music I'm SURE they listen to glorifies these types of acts AND jail time.

Benjamin Gibson

Real sad. A few months ago in Mott Haven we had a similar incident where two individuals beat a man to death who was 60 years old. I hope retribution is key. I hope they find these two people and the auhtorities lock them up and throw away the key, or deport them back to Dominican REpublic.

Guest

Goddamn, and he was in the process of moving OUT of the neighborhood......?

Dennis sinneD

My condolences to Chanda's family. This is a terrible sadness.

remyngtin

I'm pro-death penalty ... and , well ... you get the point

Guest

i am anti-death penalty and i want to kill these people myself. c8cksuckers.

OleS

Rope is cheap. Make yourself a DIY project

Elderta2

Someone, please. Snitch. This shit has got to stop. They will KILL you whether you shut up or tell.

pendejito

If only those pesky OWS teenagers didn't hog all the police resources!

ohgodkillmenow

Too bad there's no one out there willing to protest a socioeconomic system that mandates the disparities which lead to crime. Wait...this just in: you're an oblivious moron!

m015094

WPIX11 Headline "Cops Searching For Suspects Who Fatally Beat Elderly Man"

Umm...this guy was 59. Hardly "elderly." Hell, my dad is 63. If I called him elderly, he'd challange me to an arm-wrestling contest.

Anyway, this must really suck for Bimal Chanda's wife and daughter. What a terrible thing to have to go through. I hope they catch the thugs that did this and just shot them on site.