Youth hacked to death in Noakhali

A young man was hacked to death by miscreants at west Maizdi village of Sadar upazila on Sunday night.The deceased was identified as Redwan Hossain Ledu, 22, son of Abdul Motaleb, resident of north Maizdi village of the upazila.Police said some local young men called Redwan to go with them when he was sitting in a tea-stall near his house around 9:30pm.Redwan’s mobile phone remained switched off after the incident.Later, local people spotted his body near a house of the area and informed police.Police recovered the body and sent it to Noakhali General Hospital morgue for autopsy.Anwar Hossain, officer-in-charge of Sudharam Model Police Station, confirmed the incident.The body bore several injury marks, added the OC.Family members of the Redwan claimed that he might have been killed over stealing a mobile phone and gambling.UNB, Noakhali