Gazipur: A night guard was hacked to death by criminals at the site of an under-construction mosque in Vogra area of the city yesterday morning, reports UNB.

The deceased identified as Abdul Motaleb, 68, hailing from Bagtabazar village in Mymensingh, used to live in a rented house owned by one Saidur Rahman in the area. Local people said that Motaleb started his job as a night guard of a under-construction ‘Bogra Sarkar Para Jame Mosque’ 10 to 12 days ago. Moazzin of the mosque found Motaleb’s blood stained body early in the morning when he went there for calling out Azan, said Aminul Islam, officer-in-charge of Joydebpur Police Station.