Muggers kill truck driver

Muggers took away a wheat laden truck after killing its driver and injuring the helper in Jamadarpukur area on Bogra-Natore highway in Shahjahanpur upazila early yesterday. The deceased was identified as Mokhlesuddin, 45, of village Shekherhat in Kahalu upazila. Police said a gang of six in the guise of passengers boarded the Bogra bound truck from Chittagong when it stopped at Hatikomrul in Sirajganj district at about 2pm. At one stage the bandits took control of the truck tying up the driver and the helper. Later, they killed the driver and threw him and the injured helper on the road and fled away with the truck. Later, patrol police team recovered the body of the driver at about 4:15am and sent it to hospital morgue for autopsy. They also sent the injured helper Anwar Hossain, 24, to Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital in critical condition.