Missing butcher's body found in city lake

In Dhaka, police recovered the body of a missing butcher from a lake in Badda while another person was killed by poison yesterday.

Mohammad Farid Uddin, 25, owner of a shop at Tongi Boardbazar, was in his shop when some unknown men called him out from his shop yesterday at 2:00pm. They took him behind the shop and shot him in the head from close range. Farid was rushed to a Tongi hospital and later to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) where doctors declared him dead at 3:30pm. The reason behind the killing could not be known immediately.

Noor Momin, 45, who is a butcher by profession, was missing since Sunday morning, his uncle Badal told reporters.

Momin, resident of Baraberait at Dhopapara in Badda, left his home for his workplace in Gulshan Basundhara Market on Sunday morning and had been missing since then, Badal said. "He was killed for business rivalry," he added.

Police, being informed, recovered his floating body from a lake under a bridge at Askartek in Badda at 7:45am.

It was later learnt that Momin went on a boat trip with some of his friends including one Badir Miah. Momin's brother-in-law Mohammad Masud filed a case with Badda Police Station against five including Badir. The police arrested Badir yesterday from Badda.

Mokhlesur Rahman, 50, was found unconscious at his residence at 100/8 Mohakhali in Gulshan by his neighbours around 12:00 noon yesterday. His neighbour Ramzan Ali rushed him to the DMCH where doctors declared him dead at 1:00pm. A DMCH morgue source said poisoning might be the cause of his death.