Police have recovered a decapitated body of a timber trader from Bhairab river in Churamankati area of Jashore on Sunday.
The deceased was identified as Golam Mostafa (50) son of Pachu Mandal of Bagdanga village od Sador Upazila. He was a professionally a wood trader.
Churamankati union chairman Abdul Mannan Munna said that he left the house last night to collect his dues. After that he did not return home. Habibur Rahman, the son of the deceased, said, “My father did not belong to any political party.I don't understand why he was killed.”
Jashore Kotwali Police Officer-in-Charge (OC) Moniruzzaman said locals saw the body lying in the morning and informed the police.
Police recovered the body and sent it to the Jashore general hospital morgue for autopsy. Attempts are being made to identify and arrest the killers, OC added.
