Missing Jasas man's body found
Eight days into his disappearance, the decomposed body of an activist of Jatiyatabadi Sangskritik Sangstha (Jasas), a pro-BNP cultural organisation, was found in Keraniganj, on the capital's outskirts, yesterday.
Meanwhile, police recovered the body of an unidentified youth from a water body in Basher Pool area in Demra.
The activist, Mohammad Hasan, 35, son of late Ali Ahmed, was a resident of Nazim Uddin road of the capital's Bangshal.
Hasan's cousin Golam Mohammad Habibullah told this correspondent that Hasan received a call on his cellphone on October 24 around 5:00pm and left his residence while talking on the cellphone.
“We kept calling on his cellphone from around 9:00pm but found it switched off. The next day, we lodged a general diary with Bangshal Police Station and informed Rab (Rapid Action Battalion) and Detective Branch of Police," he said.
On Wednesday, Hasan's family members visited Kholamora Ghat in Keraniganj where Hasan used to hang out with friends. They searched the area and gave their cellphone numbers to the locals, requesting for information about Hasan.
"One of the locals called us in the morning today around 10:00am and informed us about a decomposed body seen lying in a ditch in Bhrahmanshoor of Dewanbari area," he added yesterday.
Officer-in-Charge of Keraniganj Police Station Mainuddin Khan said the body was found disfigured and naked, lying in a ditch covered with knee-deep water and concealed in leaves and hay.
The family members identified the hands, fingers and hair to be of Hasan's. The body was sent to Sir Salimullah Medical College morgue for autopsy. Filing of a case was under process, said police.
Habibullah said they did not know of Hasan having enmity with anyone and that he was a Jasas activist of the capital's Bangshal unit.
The unidentified body found in Demra was suspected to be aged around 25 years and had a shirt and a lungi on.
Assistant Sub-inspector Masud Khalifa of Demra Police Station told this correspondent that the local people saw the body floating in the water body behind Ashrafi Community Centre and informed police.
Police suspect that the youth might have been killed a few days back.
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