Missing driver found killed

The body of an auto-rickshaw driver was recovered from Alokdiar village in Santhia upazila yesterday, three days after he went missing .

The victim Maruf Hossain, 42, son of late Moslem Uddin of Kalachandpara village in Sadar upazila, went missing from his house on Monday. His family members filed a general diary with Sadar Police Station the same day.

Locals found a bag with a body stuffed in it under the bridge at Alokdiar village and informed the police, who recovered the decomposed body from the spot.

Later, family members of the victim went to the spot and identified the deceased, said Ataikula Police Station Officer-in-Charge Masud Rana.

Criminals killed him, put the body in a bag and dumped it in Alokdiar village, the OC said, adding that the reason behind the murder could not be known as of filing of this report at 4:00pm on Thursday.

The body was sent to Pabna Medical College Hospital for autopsy, he added.