A man who was hurt while being drugged allegedly by a dope gang, vastly known as aggyan party in Bangla, in Barisal. They did so to loot valuables from the man who eventually succumbed to his injuries at Dhaka Medical College Hospital yesterday.
The victim, Ratan Shah, 45, was a local wholesaler, and a resident of Torki Bandar in Gaurnadi upazila of the district.
Ratan went to Muladi Bazar area on Monday noon to collect dues from the retailers, said Muladi police station OC Md Alauddin quoting the deceased’s family members.
While Ratan was on the way of his house, aggyan party members drugged him with food and looted the money and finally they left his body in Mirganj ferry ghat area, the OC stated.
Afterwards, locals spotted the body and admitted him to Barisal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital and on following day, doctors referred him to the DMCH as his condition deteriorated, where he died at about 9am.
However, police recovered the body and sent it to Barisal medical college for an autopsy.
