Sand trader found dead in guest house

Netrakona – A sand trader was found dead in a guest house in Birishiri area of Durgapur upazila here on Friday afternoon.

Rezaul Karim, officer in-charge of Durgapur Police Station, said Nurul Islam, 30, a resident of Shantinagar area of Dhaka, came here two days ago for business purpose and rented a room of ‘Bichitra Guest House’.

After having breakfast, he went to his room around 11:00 am.

When the cleaners of the hotel entered the room they found Nurul’s throat-slit body lying in a pool of blood on the bed around 2pm. Later, the hotel authorities informed the matter to police.

Police detained hotel manager Sujon Devnath for interrogation.