Trader stabbed dead

Unidentified criminals killed a trader by slitting his throat in Bhola’s Monpura upazila early yesterday.

The deceased, Mohammad Alauddin Molla, 45, son of Mojibul Haque Molla of Charfaizuddin village in the upazila, was a mobile banking agent at Monpura Bazar, Officer in Charge of Monpura Police Station Forkan Ali said.

Deceased’s family members alleged that a gang stabbed Alauddin on the throat near his house while he was returning from his shop around 12:30am and snatched away Tk 10 lakh from his possession.

Family members rescued injured Alauddin and took him to Monpura Upazila Health Complex, where the doctors declared him dead, a neighbour of the victim said.

Police detained five people yesterday for their alleged involvement in the murder.