Body of trader recovered

Police recovered the throat-slit body of a cosmetic shop owner from a bamboo cluster at Dhanmandal Molanipara village in Panchagarh's Debiganj upazila yesterday afternoon.

The deceased was identified as Moklesar Rahman, 35.

Quoting family members and locals, Officer-in-Charge of Debiganj Police Station Soyel Rana told The Daily Star that Moklesar used to drive for Uber in Dhaka.

About a week back, before Eid-ul-Azha, he set up a cosmetics shop at Khochabari Bazar, near their village.

On Wednesday night, he left the shop around 10:00pm with his motorcycle, leaving behind one of his maternal nephews at the store.

After he did not return and his mobile phone was found to be switched off, the nephew informed the matter to Moklesar's family.

Despite searching, the family could not trace him.

In the morning, a local woman discovered the throat-slit body of Moklesar in a bamboo cluster near his house while grazing her goats.

Following the incident, multiple police teams -- including CID, PBI, and Debiganj police -- started working to uncover the motive behind the murder.

The body was sent to Panchagarh Sadar Hospital morgue for autopsy in the same afternoon.

Preparations are underway to file a case in connection with the incident, the OC said.