The police recovered the body of a trader from his rented house in the Posta area in the capital鈥檚 Old town early Wednesday.
The trader鈥檚 hands, feet and face were tied.
The victim is Nazrul Islam, 52, owner of Nazrul Engineering Workshop at Lalbagh, and son of Shamsul Haque, a resident of Belabo upazila in Narsingdi.
Confirming the matter, Chawk Bazar police station officer-in-charge Rezaul Hossain said that they had received a phone call from the building owner Abdul Quddus at about 1:30am on Wednesday and police recovered the body from the fifth floor of the six-storey building at about 3:30am.
鈥楾he body was handed over to the family after autopsy at Dhaka Medical College Hospital,鈥� the OC said, adding that Nazrul Islam was used to live at a flat with his wife, two sons and a daughter.聽
Rezaul said that victim Nazrul鈥檚 hands, feet and face were tied and belongings were piled in a haphazard fashion.
The victim鈥檚 younger brother, Tauhidul Islam Taposh, filed a murder case with the Chawk Bazar police station on Wednesday afternoon.
Quoting the plaintiff, the OC said that the family of the victim went to their village home on Friday and Nazrul was staying alone since then.