Youth murdered in Gazipur

A young man was murdered by unidentified criminals in Earshadnagar area in Sadar upazila Friday night. The deceased was identified as Ashiqur Rahman, 30, of the area. Police and locals said an unidentified gang equipped with sharp weapons chopped Ashiq indiscriminately at one Arju's rickshaw garage in the area at about 7:00pm, leaving him critically injured. Hearing hue and cry, locals rescued him and took him to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital where the attending doctor declared him dead. Police arrested one Parvez in this connection.