The body of an elderly woman, Balifindi Begum (75), has been recovered from a godown at Bhullarhat in Kaliganj upazila of Lalmonirhat. Police also rescued an injured woman, Nurunnahar Begum, from inside the godown.
The incident took place early on Tuesday (10 November) at a godown in the Bhullarhat area of Bhotmari Union in the upazila. Police went to the scene at about 4am on being informed and recovered the body and the injured woman. The injured woman was later sent to Rangpur Medical College Hospital.
Balifindi Begum lived in North Bichondoi village. She was the wife of the late Elahi. The godown’s caretaker, Ashraful Islam Raju, is her nephew.
Meanwhile, there are reports of a dispute over the godown’s land and ownership. It is alleged that the land and godown were sold to a local man, Abu Shahjalal, without the knowledge of its original owner, Nuruddin. Over this, caretaker Ashraful Islam Raju had been in a long-running dispute with Abu Shahjalal.
Kaliganj Police Station OC Manjure Elahi said police had recovered the elderly woman’s body from the scene and sent it to Lalmonirhat for a post-mortem. Steps to file a case and take other necessary legal action are under way, and a police investigation is going on to find the real cause of the incident, he said.
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