Unidentified criminals hacked a schoolboy to death in Ataikula upazila of Pabna yesterday.
The victim, Shahriar Hasan Ovi, 13, was the son of Imran Hossain Babu of Sholabaria village. He was a student of class-VII at Ataikula High School.
Abdur Razzak, officer-in-charge of Ataikula Police Station, said Ovi went missing on Thursday night. His body was found in a field in Sholabaria yesterday morning.
Criminals hacked him to death and dumped the body in the field, the OC said, adding that the motive behind the killing could not be known immediately.
Police were investigating the incident to find out the culprits, he said.
Victim's father filed a murder case with Ataikula Police Station.