Ten security personnel of the Padma Bridge rail link project were held on Friday for allegedly beating an autorickshaw driver to death.
The deceased was identified as Julhas Hawladar, 35.
According to witnesses, they beat Julhas till he passed his last breath after accusing him of theft around 6:00am on Friday.
His hands and legs were tied up during this time.
The incident took place under the third and fourth pillars of the Padma Bridge at Kumarbhog union in Louhajang of Munshiganj.
Finding out about the incident, Md Selim, the shift manager of the guards informed the family members of Julhas.
They immediately came to the spot and took him to a local medical facility first and then to Yeasmin Daluar Hospital of the area following deterioration of his condition.
As there was no doctor available at the facility, Julhas was taken to Srinagar Government Hospital, where the on duty doctor declared him dead.
The body has been sent to Munshiganj General Hospital morgue for autopsy, reported our correspondent citing sources at the hospital.
Victim's wife Jasmine Akhter filed a murder case with Louhajang police station, the correspondent added.
Meanwhile, a team of police immediately reached the crime scene upon receiving the news and held seven guards initially and later detained three more.
Seven of the security personnel have been identified as Selim, Rabbi, Tapu, Al Amin, Arif, Abdul Mannan, and Israfil.
Police are currently interrogating the detainees.
The aforementioned information was confirmed by multiple sources with the law enforcement agency including Additional Assistant Superintendent of Police (Srinagar circle) Asaduzzaman, Louhajang police station Officer-in-Charge Alamgir Hossain, and Munshiganj Superintendent of Police Abdul Momen.
Relatives of the slain Julhas Hawladar, a resident of the Padma Bridge Rehabilitation Center at Kumarbhog in Munshiganj's Louhajang upazila, have been left in a state of shock. They claim he was summoned and killed in a premeditated manner.
Besides, tension is running high in the area over the incident.
Locals expressed outrage and said, "How did this happen if the army regularly patrols the area? We strongly condemn it.”
They also demanded immediate punishment of the accused.
