A garments rag trader was hacked to death and his wife sustained stab injures in an attack by miscreants at Boro Dewra in Tongi of the city early Thursday.
The deceased was identified as Liton Mia, 50, while the injured was his wife Rasheda Begum, 40, residents of Boro Dewra. Liton hailed from Nurpur village in Sapahar upazila of Naogaon district.Police said a gang of armed miscreants stormed the house of Liton at about 3:30am and hacked him with sharp weapons indiscriminately, leaving him dead on the spot.The attackers also stabbed the victim’s wife Rasheda, leaving her injured.On information, police recovered the body and sent it to Gazipur Sadar Hospital morgue for an autopsy.Rasheda was first taken to a hospital in Tongi and later shifted to Dhaka Medial College Hospital as her condition deteriorated.Police suspected that Liton might have been killed by his rivals over bushiness issue. -UNB, Gazipur
