A motorised rickshaw driver was killed by snatchers in disguise of passengers at Quriabhita area under Bandar police station on Wednesday night.
The deceased was identified as Mohammad Sadek Mia, 45, son of Deen Mohammad, resident of Teengaon village of Bandar upazila.
Locals and some drivers claimed that Sadek was hired by four passengers to travel from Bandar ghat to Chor Gharmora area. When the rickshaw was passing the isolated area of Quriabhita around 11:00 pm on Wednesday, the members of the snatchers gang who were traveling on the rickshaw as passengers stabbed Sadek with a sharp weapon and he died on the spot.
On information, Bandar police recovered the body of the driver and tried to recover the snatched rickshaw. Father of the deceased filed a murder case with Bandar police against some unknown people.
Officer-in-charge of Bandar police station Depak Kumar Shaha said, when the snatched rickshaw is recovered, the clue of murder will come in light and the involved will be booked.
