Trader murdered

A trader was murdered at Shantirhat village under Nalerchar union in Hatiya upazila yesterday morning. The deceased was identified as Md. Nuruzzaman, 32, son of Abu Taher Majhi of the village. Moktar Hossain, officer-in-charge of Hatiya police station said, Nuruzzaman, a grocer at Shantirhat Ghat, was going to his house after closing his shop around 11.30pm. As he did not reach his house after several hours, his father and family members searched for him. Later locals found his body beside a canal near Shantirhat Ghat at around 7am.