Driver’s throat-slit body recovered in Faridpur

The throat-slit body of the ambulance driver found in an onion field at Nagarkanda

Faridpur, Jan 05 - The throat-slit body of an ambulance driver who went missing five days back was recovered from an onion land in Nagarkanda upazila of Faridpur on Sunday.

The deceased was identified as Md Kamal Mridha, 42, son of late Billal Mridha of Bhojerdangi village under Ramnagar union of the upazila.

Family members and locals said, Kamal went out of his house to have tea in the afternoon on December 30 and since then he remained missing.

On Saturday afternoon, some farmers found marks of blood in the onion field and dug the field on suspicion only to see a decomposed body buried there, they said.

Md Asaduzzaman, senior assistant superintendent of police (Nagarkanda circle) of the district, said being informed by locals they recovered the body from the cropland and sent it to Sadar hospital morgue for autopsy.

Efforts were underway to find out the motive behind the killing and arrest the suspects, he added.-UNB