A fish trader was hacked to death by assailants in Khulna's Paikgacha upazila on Monday night, police said on Tuesday.

The deceased was identified as Sukhendra Nath Sardar, 35, son of Gosto Bihari Sardar, a resident of the Kharia Varengar Chawk area of the upazila.

According to locals, Sukhendra was attacked by the assailants with sharp weapons around 10pm when he was on his way to his fish farm.

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Passersby rushed a seriously injured Sukhendra to the upazila health complex, where doctors declared him dead on arrival.

Md Ziaur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Paikgacha police station, said the fish tradr’s body was sent for an autopsy.

"Efforts are on to identify and nab the perpetrators of the crime," he said.