JAGIROAD, Nov 15: A driver was found dead inside his Swift car after the vehicle was recovered from a roadside ditch at Monaha in Jagiroad on Sunday, police said.
The deceased was identified as Ashraful Islam of Dalbari in Morigaon district. The car bore registration number AS-04K-5051.
Family sources said Ashraful had hired out his car to several people travelling from Buraburi to Guwahati on Saturday. While returning from Guwahati, he had expressed suspicion over the behaviour of one of the passengers.
They said Ashraful sent a photograph and phone number of the person to his wife. His mobile phone was switched off thereafter.
Jagiroad police reached the spot and recovered the vehicle and the body. Ashraful's family refused to accept the death as an accident and alleged that he was murdered before the car was pushed into the ditch to make it appear as an accident.
The allegation has not been established in the investigation. The family demanded a proper probe to ascertain the cause of death.
