Jessore Correspondent :
A Chinese national was allegedly beaten and strangled to death in a commercial building named ‘Farida Villa’ at New Town of Jessore district on Wednesday night.
The deceased has been identified as Chang Hee Seong, 45, son of Cheng Congle from China. He had been doing three-wheeler vehicles business since 2014.
The dead body was recovered from a sack in a toilet of warehouse on the ground-floor of the House No. 34, Sector-2, New Town, around 10:30am. But Chang actually lived in a residence at Beltala of Ghope in the district town.
Two persons, including an employee of the victim, have been picked up for their suspected involvement in the murder. They are Chang’s employee Nazmul Hasan, 22, and his nephew Muktadir Rahman Raju, 20, from Netrakona district, police said.
Anisur Rahman, Superintendent of Police (SP) of Jessore, said “The body of Chang was recovered after the arrest of the two when they went to Kotwali police to inform the police that Chang had gone missing.”
Nazmul also went to the police station after having a phone call from the wife of the deceased as she failed to contact her husband from the capital Dhaka at night, the police official said.
“Nazmul and his nephew hit him on the head with an iron pipe before beating him to death at the warehouse around 11:00pm on Wednesday for money. There are blood stains in their clothes as well. The killers took the victim’s phone and switched it off”, the SP said.
Chang, who has a residence in Dhaka, often visited Jessore for his business, he said.
“Chang’s wife, who was in Dhaka, on Wednesday night said that her husband was missing. She then informed the matter to the Chinese Embassy in Dhaka and left for Jessore at night. The embassy informed police in Dhaka, which then reached Jessore in the morning,” he said.
Their driver Washkuruni Mamun claimed that a tiff over Tk 500 had led to the murder, but the claim could not be verified.
“The detained persons killed him as Chang paid Tk 300 against the demand for Tk 800,” he said.
The body had been kept at Jessore General Hospital after an autopsy, said Kotwali Police Station OC Ilias Hossain. He said that Chang had been running a business in Bangladesh since 2014.
