A cloth trader was killed allegedly by unidentified miscreants at Jhalpaja Nudipara village in Bhaluka upazila in Mymensingh early yesterday. The victim was identified as Mohsin Sheikh, 52, son of late Ayub Ali Sheikh of Jhalpaja village in Bhaluka. Quoting the neighbours, officer-in-charge (Investigation) of Bhaluka Police Station Md Mazharul Islam said Mohsin used to live in the house alone as his wife lives in Mymensingh city with their two school and college going children. Mohsin went to sleep Wednesday night and as he did not wake up from sleep, neighbours went to his house, found his door open and saw the body lying on the bed yesterday morning, said the OC. They informed police immediately and on information, police recovered the body yesterday noon and sent it to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy.