‘Drug peddler’ found dead in Jhenaidah

Police recovered bullet-hit body of a suspected drug peddler in Kotchandpur upazila of Jhenaidah on early Friday.

The deceased was Dablu Mandal, 32, son of Aftab Mandal of Rail Station area, reports UNB.

Hearing sound of gunshots, a team of police went to the spot and recovered the bullet-hit body of Dablu, said Kazi Kamal Hossain, officer-in-charge of Kotchandpur police station.

Dablu was wanted in 15 cases including that of drugs related ones.

Police said that Dablu might have been killed in a gunfight following enmity over sharing money of drugs business.

Police also recovered one shutter gun, one bullet and some bottles of Phensidyl from the spot.