Chinese national murdered in Pirojpur while carrying Tk 2.5 lakh to pay labourers

A Chinese national was murdered on Wednesday at Sadar upazila in Pirojpur district on Wednesday evening.

The 58-year-old Lao Fang, chief technician and sub-contractor of the 8th Bangladesh-China Friendship Bridge over the river Kacha, was stabbed by muggers when he was going to the bridge construction site with workers' salaries of Tk 2.50 lakh.

He came under attack of the assailants at about 6:00pm near the project area in village Bagmara under Sadar upazila in the district when he was going to the project area at Bhandaria under Kawkhali upazila riding on his bicycle with the money.

The muggers who might have following him from his residence stabbed him and fled with a bag containing the money.

Critically injured Lao Fang was rushed to Pirojpur District Hospital where he died at the the Emergency Department at night.

Dr Nizam Uddin, Resident Medical Officer of the Pirojpur District Hospital, said Lao Fang died of excessive bleeding due to a deep injury from stabbing on the right side of his chest.

Receiving information about the murder of a Chinese citizen, Barishal RAB-8 CEO Atiqa Islam and Barishal Range Police's Additional DIG Ehsan Ullah arrived at the place of occurrence.

Pirojpur's Additional Police Super (Crime and Admn) Molla Azad Hossain said police recovered some money, a knife and a bi-cycle from the place where the incident had happened.

"We're trying to identify the killers and arrest them," he asserted.

Nurul Islam Badal, OC of Pirojpur Sadar Police Station, said two have been brought at the police station custody for questioning in connection with the incident.

Masud Mahmud Sumon, executive engineer of the Pirojpur Roads and Highways Department, said Lao Fang was going to the bridge site by bicycle to pay the labourers from the residential barracks for Chinese officials at the time of the incident.