Bodies of man and woman found in Keshabpur, Jashore

Locals alerted police after a strong smell from a shallow pump house at Brahmandanga village; DB and PBI teams are working to identify the dead.

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The decomposed bodies of an unidentified woman and man have been recovered from a shallow-pump house beside a paddy field in Brahmandanga village of Keshabpur upazila, Jashore. The two are thought to be aged between 45 and 50. The bodies were recovered on Saturday night (October 31) from a field in Brahmandanga village, Ward 8 of Panjia union, said Hafizur Rahman, officer in charge of Keshabpur police station. Citing local people, police said residents grew suspicious when a strong smell spread from a pit in the pump house next to Sirajul Islam’s fish enclosure.

They went there, found the two bodies and informed police.

Hafizur Rahman said the woman’s body was lying face down on top of the man’s. The man had a gamchha wrapped around his body and the woman was wearing a maxi.

Harunur Rashid, officer in charge of the Jashore District Detective Branch (DB), said a team from the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) had gone to the scene along with the DB.

Efforts are under way to identify the dead through fingerprint checks using technology.

Police said the bodies were being sent to the Jashore General Hospital morgue for autopsy.

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