Two shop staff killed in Jhenidah, Gaibandha

23 January 2010, 18:00 PM

Star National Desk

A shop employee was beaten to death in Jhenidah while another was burnt to death in Gaibandha on Friday. A grocery shop employee who was mercilessly beaten up by his colleagues in Jhenidah town on January 16, died at a hospital on Friday, according to UNB. A worker of 'Siddik Brothers,' Robin Das, 28, was son of Kuron Das of Shaitbaria village in Jhenidah Pourashava. Family sources said, Robin was beaten up by his fellow employees on allegation of stealing edible oil from the shop. He was rushed to Faridpur Medical College and Hospital in a critical condition where he succumbed to his injuries on Friday afternoon. In Gaibandha, a middle-aged shop employee was burnt to death at Saghata Bazaar of Saghata upazila early Friday. Victim Haresuddin, 55, was an employee of the fertiliser shop of Asaduzzaman at the bazaar and resident of Patilbari village in the upazila. Locals found the charred body of Hares from behind his shop in the morning and informed police. Later, law-enforcers recovered the body and sent it to Sadar hospital morgue for autopsy. Locals said Hares went to sleep at his house adjacent to the shop on Thursday night after closing the shop. Police suspected that the assailants might have killed Hares late at night and later set his body on fire pouring petrol or kerosene. A Correspondant from Narail adds: Police recovered a hanging body from a shop at Mallek Mollah Market of Rupganj bazaar in the town on Thursday afternoon. The victim was identified as Dhrubo, owner of Dhrubo-35, a cosmetics shop. Police and relatives of Dhrubo said, Dhrubo went out of his house at Ratadanga village in the morning on Tuesday but did not return home. As his decomposed body spread bad smell, the neighbouring shopkeepers informed Narail police. Police opened the shop and found the body hanging from ceiling. Dhrubo was son of Sridham Biswas of the locality.