Cattle trader's bullet-hit body found

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered the bullet-hit body of a cattle trader from the Padma River at Roghunathpur border in Shibganj upazila of the district yesterday.

The deceased is Mohammad Ashraful, 40, son of late Altaf Hossain of Char Hasanpur village.

Indian Border Security Force (BSF) might have shot Ashraful dead in the border area while he was returning home from India, said Lt Col Abu Zafor Sheikh Mohammad Bazlul Haque, commanding officer of BGB-9 Battalion.

Locals found the body floating in the river around 9:00am yesterday and informed the police.

The law enforcers rushed to the spot and recovered the body.