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Shrimp trader murdered

A Correspondent, Bagerhat
Police recovered the body of a young shrimp trader from a shrimp depot in Rampal upazila yesterday morning. The deceased was identified as Zakir Hossain, 30, son of Jinnat Ali Ijaradar of Sonailtola village in Mongla upazila. Ziaul Haq, younger brother of the victim said there had been a longstanding dispute between Zakir and his two business partners over shrimp trading. He said they killed him after torturing him brutally and hanged his body from a beam of the depot to prove that he had committed suicide.