Trader's body recovered

Body of a poultry trader was recovered from a char of Kirtonkhola river on Saturday noon after three days of his missing. The victim was identified as Sultan Ahmed Badsha, 40, of the city. AFM Anwar Hossain, assistant commissioner of Barisal Metropolitan Police, said local people of Lamchhari of the north-eastern part of the city informed police seeing the body in the nearby char. Family sources said Badsha went missing on Wednesday morning after he came out of his second wife's residence at Palaspur area of the city. Sources said that he was abducted from Katpatty Road area of the city by some criminals for toll. AGD was lodged with Kotwali police station on Wednesday.