A fruit trader was beaten to death allegedly by muggers in Gazipur on Friday morning.
The deceased, Momen Sheikh, 50, hailed from Kaliganj upazila.
Siraj Mia, younger brother of the deceased, said Momen used to buy fruits from Chandana Chowrasta in Gazipur city and sell them at Jangalia market in Kaliganj.
Like other days, Momen was going to Chandna Chowrasta to buy fruits on a battery-run auto-rickshaw around 5:30am. As the vehicle reached the Hankata bridge area, a group of muggers on a pick-up van intercepted it, he said quoting the auto-rickshaw driver.
The robbers demanded money from Momen. As he refused to comply, they hit the victim with an iron rod and ran away. Momen died on the spot, he said.
Ziaul Islam, officer-in-charge of Gazipur Sadar Police Station, said the body was sent to the morgue of Gazipur Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmad Medical College Hospital for post-mortem. Police are investigating the murder, he said.
