Contractor murdered in city

Unidentified criminals stabbed a contractor to death at Kamalapur in the city in the early hours of yesterday.
The victim was identified as Kamruzzaman Chowdhury alias Nayan, 35, of North Shahjahanpur.
Police found stabbed Nayan near Kamalapur Railway Station and rushed him to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) where on-duty doctors declared him dead.
Nayan's brother Fakhruzzaman Chowdhury said Nayan went out of his residence on Sunday afternoon. As they found his cellphone unreachable after 12:00am, they went to Motijheel Police Station.
Motijheel police told them to go to DMCH where they came to know about his death, Fakhruzzaman said.
He also said they could not ascertain the cause of the death and the killers.
Sub-Inspector (SI) Ezaz Shafi, who is also the investigation officer of the case, suspects Nayan might have been killed by muggers as his cellphone and cash were missing.
None was arrested in this connection, he added.