Miscreants hijacked a poultry feed-loaded truck, killing its driver and helper dumping their bodies in a roadside pond at Ranobagh in Mathurapur-Singra area in Nandigram of Bogra on Saturday.
Being informed the police recovered the bodies of driver Delwar Hossain, 45, of Abadpur village of Naogaon sadar upazila and helper Abdul Barik, 34, of Chakprasad village, and sent those to hospital morgue for autopsy in the afternoon.
Meanwhile, the hijacked truck (Dhaka Metro Ta 16-1162) was recovered along with the goods in an abandoned condition from Padma Residential Area in Boalia of Rajshahi Sunday morning. The truck was taken to Boalia police station.
The police said Enamul Haque is the owner of the truck which was hijacked from Bogra-Sirajganj road on its way to Nazirpur of Patnitola in Naogaon from Shyampur of Dhaka early Saturday.
The district truck owners and workers associations in separate statements expressed concern over growing incidents of goods-loaded truck hijacking, killing drivers and helpers on highways in Bogra-Naogaon-Sirajganj region.
They said this was the second time that goods-laden truck was hijacked after killing the driver and the helper on the highway.
A Dhaka-bound rice-loaded truck from Naogaon was hijacked killing its driver Elamul, 40, of Hapania of Naogaon sadar upazila and his assistant and the bodies were dumped in a lake in Banani in the capital on January 8, they mentioned.
They demanded immediate arrests of the killers of the four transport workers and step to ensure security of truck drivers and helpers on highways.
Source : New Age
