Police have recovered the body of a young man, Azim, 30, two days after he went missing in Bijoynagar, Brahmanbaria. His cousin has been detained.
The body was recovered on Monday night, October 26, from bushes beside a pond known as Boro Pukur in Lakshmimora village of Pattan union. It was handed over to the family after a post-mortem at Brahmanbaria Sadar Hospital on Tuesday.
Azim was the son of Ali Azgar Mia of the same village. His cousin Rafiqul Islam, son of the late Hashem Mia, has been detained.
Police and family members said Azim went missing at around 5:30am on Saturday. His last contact was a mobile phone call with Rafiqul that morning, and he could not be traced after that. On Monday night, local people passing Rafiqul’s house noticed a foul smell. Searching the large pond beside the house, they found Azim’s body in the bushes. Police from Bijoynagar station went to the scene and recovered it with the help of local people.
Rajib Chandra Sarkar, inspector (investigation) of Bijoynagar police station, said the body had been handed to the family after the post-mortem at the district hospital. Rafiqul Islam had been detained and had initially confessed to involvement in the killing, he said. Legal proceedings are under way.
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