Helper of fertiliser-laden truck was killed, driver badly wounded and the truck hijacked by highwaymen at Majheera in Bogra early Sunday showing alarming rise in highway robbery.
A rice-laden truck from Naogaon was hijacked from Tongi on Friday night raising the number rice-laden trucks hijacked to 15 and killing of truckers to 5 during the last one month.
The police said the truck with 350 sacks of urea from Bhairab Fertiliser Factory was destined to a Bogra warehouse on Saturday night. On way, four to five armed robbers intercepted the truck at Majheera about 2:30am Sunday.
They held driver Sabuj and helper Masud at gunpoint, tied their hands and legs, gagged voice with cross tape in the mouth and left them in the cabin of the truck.
The robbers drove the truck to Natore where the fertiliser was unloaded at a private warehouse. They drove back the empty truck through Nagarbari-Bogra Highway and left it near Brammakopalia Bridge in Ullahpara upazila.
In the morning the Ullahpara police recovered the body of Masud and rescued driver Sabuj in semiconscious state along with the truck. Both Masud and Sabuj hailed from Birkedara village of Kahalu upazila in Bogra.
Source : New Age
