Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) has unveiled the identity of the man whose body parts were recovered from a luggage in Chattogram’s Patenga and the mystery behind the killing.

Md Hasan, 58, son of Sahab Miah of Boraitali area under Kathariya union of Banshkhalil upazila in the district, was identified through his fingerprint, said PBI’s Chattogram metropolitan zone inspector Mohiuddin Selim on Saturday.  

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He said they detained the victim’s wife Chhenowara Begum and son Mostafiz in this connection.  

Hasan had no connection with his family over the past 30 years but he returned to the family around one year back when a dispute initiated between him, his wife and two sons over sharing his huge property, he said.  

The victim’s family used to live at the city’s Akmal Ali Road in the EPZ area and the mother along with two sons planned to kill Hasan to grab all the property, the PBI officer said.

As per the plan, Chhenowar Begum and his two sons strangled Hasan to death and chopped the body into nine pieces on Thursday night and put eight pieces except the head in a luggage, Mohiuddin said.

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Later, the luggage was dumped into the bush of a canal and the head in another place, he said.

The reason behind the killing was known after the arrest of the mother and their  one son, he said, adding that drives are on to arrest the another son.

Earlier on Friday, police recovered the decapitated body the man from inside the luggage in Patenga area.

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Then the body was sent to Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH) for autopsy.