Sand trader hacked to death

A sand trader was hacked to death by unidentified criminals at Sadar Char village in Pangsha upazila of Rajbari district on Tuesday night.

The dead was identified as Ameer Sikdar, 45, of Char Ramnagar in the upazila.

Abu Shama Md Iqbal Hayat, officer-in-charge (OC) of Pangsha Police Station, said a gang of 4/5 people waylaid Ameer when he was returning home from his shop at Sadar Char around 11:30pm. They hacked him with sharp weapons, leaving him dead on the spot.

Locals found Ameer's body in the morning and informed the police, who later sent it to Rajbari Sadar Hospital for autopsy.

The OC said Ameer was accused in two cases for bombing filed with Pangsha Police Station. He was running sand trade, illegally occupying a large area of the river.

Ameer's wife Asma Khatun filed a murder case with Pangsha Police Station yesterday.