A shrimp cultivator was strangled by a gang of unidentified miscreants at Gabha beel (low-laying area) under Sadar upazila in Satkhira on Wednesday night.
The victim was identified as Madhusudan Sarkar, 70, of South Gabha village under Sadar upazila.
Quoting locals police said miscreants murdered Madhusadan when he was asleep at a cottage at his shrimp enclosure at Gabha beel.
Locals found the body yesterday morning and informed police. Police rescued the body and sent to hospital for autopsy.