Expat killed by muggers

An expatriate Bangladeshi was allegedly murdered by muggers in the port city on Tuesday night.
The victim Nur Mohammad Rafiq, 43, was the younger brother of Jakir Hossain Lulu, sports reporter of Chittagong bureau of the daily Ittefaq.
Locals found Rafiq unconscious at Lane No 3 of Amirbagh Residential Area opposite to War Cemetery area at around 9:45pm and informed police. He was then rushed to Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) where the on duty doctor declared him dead.
Police alleged unidentified muggers killed him while he was going to Kazir Dewry on a CNG-run autorickshaw from Reazuddin Bazar after doing a little shopping on Tuesday night.
Marks of beating, scratch of nails and strangulation were found on the body of the victim, Police and CMCH sources said.
A mark of human biting was also found in his left hand, they added.
Family sources said Rafiq, father of two sons, arrived home on a month's leave from Abu Dhabi on July 13.
Victim's brother Jakir Hossain said they talked over cellphone at around 9:00pm when Rafiq told him to wait at Kazir Dewry intersection.
"He told me that he would come there in a CNG-run autorickshaw within a few minutes," Jakir said adding, as he didn't reach there even after half an hour, I called him again but got no response despite several attempts.