Snippets: Drug peddler found dead

Police recovered the body of a drug peddler from a ditch at Pachani village under Rupsha upazila of Khulna district yesterday.The dead was identified as Masud Kazi, 42, son of late Siddique Kazi of the village. According to OC Ershadul Kabir Chowdhury of Rupsha Police Station, the drug peddler was strangled and his hands and legs were found tied up with rope. Fatema Yasmin, wife of the slain drug peddler, lodged a case with the police station concerned, naming none as accused of the murder. The complainant in her case statement said the murder might be a sequel to a long standing dispute over possession of a piece of land. Police took into custody Masud's step sisters named Lubna, 30, and Rimu, 22, for interrogation suspecting their involvement in the killing. According to police, the slain man was a professional drug peddler and wanted in five cases filed against him with Rupsha Police Station.

Source : The Daily Star