Youth found dead in Botanical Garden
A day after he went missing, a youth was found dead in the city's Botanical Garden yesterday.
The deceased, Md Rajib, 20, a resident of Senpara area in Kafrul, was an electrician.
Yasin Munshi, sub-inspector (SI) of Shah Ali Police Station, said a couple discovered the body covered in hyacinth near a lake in the Botanical Garden.
They called on the security guards there, who informed the matter to the police around 11:00am, he added.
Police found stab marks on the abdomen and throat of the body.
“Miscreants hacked the youth to death,” said Anisur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Shah Ali Police Station.
Rajib was missing from his house since Tuesday evening, he said.
SI Yasin said Rajib had a quarrel with another electrician named Rubel, 20, in his locality who did not pay back loans that he took from Rajib.
An arbitration was also held to settle their dispute, he said adding that, local people last saw Rajib in front of his house along with Rubel.
Police raided Rubel's house when he could not be contacted over mobile phone.
Police suspect that Rubel and his friends killed Rajib and fled the area.
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