Natore: A man was killed as he fell off his bike after it got entangled in a rope trap in Haroya area of Boraigram upazila in Natore on early Friday.

The deceased is Arif Hossain, a resident of Tunipara village of the upazila and a local cloth trader.

Boraigram Police officer-in-charge Emran Hossain said, Arif along with a man, named Najmul, was going to a clinic in Bonpara Bazar by the motorcycle at about 1:00am.

Suddenly, both of them fell off the motorcycle as it got entangled in the rope trap which was allegedly set up by hijackers, leaving them injured.

The injured were rushed to Bonpara Clinic from where Arif was transferred to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) as his condition deteriorated.

He succumbed to his injuries early morning on Friday.