No complaint filed yet, police say

A fish trader was robbed and hacked to death by unidentified miscreants in Faridpur's Saltha upazila early today.

The deceased was identified as Utpal Sarker, 26, of Ronkoil village under Kanaipur union in Faridpur Sadar upazila, Inspector (investigation) of Saltha Police Station Maruf Hasan confirmed to The Daily Star.

According to locals and police, Utpal was heading to Gopalganj's Muksudpur upazila on a battery-run van to buy fish around 4:30am. When he reached near Kalitala bridge, a group of three to four men blindfolded the van driver, Firoz Molla, and tied him to the railing of the bridge.

The attackers then hacked Utpal to death and dumped his body under the bridge before fleeing with the money the trader had been carrying to purchase fish.

Locals spotted the body in the morning and informed police. A team from Saltha Police Station recovered the body around 7:30am.

Inspector Maruf said the attackers struck Utpal on the head and other parts of his body with sharp weapons.

The body will be sent to Faridpur Medical College Hospital for an autopsy, he added.

No complaint was filed in connection with the incident at the time of filing of this report around 12:45pm.