A trader was slaughtered by some miscreants at his house in Nurpur Chowmuhani area of Cumilla city Sunday night.
The deceased is Rafi Sarwar, son of late Anwar Hossain of the area. He was involved in the mobile recharge business.
Police said Rafi's mother Syda Aktar returned home from a relative's home and found his son's slaughtered body lying on bed around 9pm.
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Later, police recovered the body at 10pm, said Sahidur Rahman, officer-in-charge (OC) of Kotwali Model Police Station.
The motive behind the murder is not yet known, said the OC.
The cause of the murder is being investigated. Criminal Investigation Department (CID) members collected several clues from the scene, the OC added.