Miscreants hijacked a sugar-laden truck after injuring its driver in Shyamoli area of Dhaka early today.

Driver Deen Islam, 26, is undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Bastu Mia, a sub-inspector (SI) of DMCH police camp.

The hijackers beat up the driver and ran away with the truck, leaving him on the road around 2:00am, the SI said.

However, the truck was recovered along with the sugar from a petrol pump near Meghnaghat in the capital later, driver’s cousin Israfil told The Daily Star.

The helper of the truck remains traceless since the incident, Israfil said.