The body of a woman named Sufia Begum has been exhumed in Charbhadrasan, Faridpur, almost three months after her death. Some of her relatives do not believe she died of natural causes.
They suspect she may have been murdered. After an application was made to a court on that basis, the body was exhumed on the court’s order and sent to the morgue of Faridpur Medical College Hospital for an autopsy.
Exhumation and the legal process
The body was exhumed at about 11am on Monday, 9 November, from a graveyard in Ward 5 of the Char Salepur Amin Khar Hat area in Char Hariharpur union of Charbhadrasan upazila. Sufia Begum was the daughter of the late Sheikh Baser of Char Salepur village.
Her sister, Lily Begum, also known as Nilufa Khatun, filed a case and an application in court alleging that the death may have been murder.
Court order and autopsy request
The application states that Sufia Begum died at some time between 14 August and 7am on 15 August 2026. The plaintiff suspects that her death may have been a killing. In the context of a case under sections 302, 201 and 34 of the Penal Code, the application asked for the body to be exhumed for an inquest and autopsy and, if needed, for viscera to be collected and chemical and DNA tests to be carried out.
Officials present
Following the court’s order, the exhumation was carried out on Monday morning under the supervision of Md Palash Uddin, assistant commissioner (land) and executive magistrate of Sadarpur upazila. CID police inspector Moazzem Hossain and members of Charbhadrasan police were present.
After the required inquest, the body was sent to Faridpur Medical College Hospital for an autopsy. The actual cause of Sufia Begum’s death may be known in detail only when the autopsy and test reports are received.
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