Unidentified assailants hacked a Bkash agent to death in Savar and took away Tk5 lakh early yesterday.
Kamruzzaman, 29, son of Sekandar Ali of Rajbari, was attacked near Savar municipality along with his manager, Roman, who has been hospitalised.
Police said Kamruzzaman operated his business at a market in Savar Bazar bus stand area.
The two men were returning home around 12:30am when the attackers waylaid them and hacked them with sharp weapons before fleeing with the bag of money.
The injured were rushed to Enam Medical College and Hospital where doctors declared Kamruzzaman dead.
Savar Model police station OC Abdul Motaleb said the money could not be recovered and the attackers could not be nabbed either. He said Kamruzzaman’s wife Tania Sultana has lodged a case in this connection.