Rice-laden truck hijacked

Unb, Naogaon
A truck loaded with 280 sacks of rice worth Tk 5.04 lakh was hijacked at Chandra-Gazipur bypass road in Gazipur Friday midnight. Police said when the truck was going to Gouripur bazaar in Daudkandi upazila of Comilla district from a rice mill in Mohadebpur upazila of Naogaon district, a gang of hijackers intercepted the truck and made the driver and helper unconscious. Later, they fled away with the rice-laden truck. Locals found truck driver Ershad and helper Salam in an unconscious state in Babu bazaar area early Saturday.