In Naogaon, police recovered the bodies of Sathi Akhter, 30, wife of Abdul Quader, and Pori Bibi, 35, wife of Nazrul Islam, from a field in Changla area of Badalgachhi upazila. Both of them are from Kolabazar area in the upazila.
Chowdhury Jobayer Hasan, officer-in-charge of Badalgachhi Police Station, said informed by locals, a CID team from Rajshahi recovered the bodies around noon.
Quoting family members, the OC said both of them went out of home on Wednesday afternoon saying that they were going to relatives’ houses.
“They might have been killed after rape,” the OC said adding that the bodies were sent to Naogaon Sadar Hospital for autopsy. A murder case was filed.
In Jashore, police recovered the body of college boy Nuruzzaman Gazi Babu, 20, son of Imran Gazi in Purakhali village of Abhaynagar upazila in the morning.
Abdul Halim, sub-inspector of Pathalia Police Camp, said informed by two alleged abductors- Rifat Hossain, 18, and Abdur Razzak, 50, police recovered Babu’s body from under water hyacinth in Purakhali wetland area of the upazila at 10am.
The body was sent to Jashore General Hospital for autopsy, he added.
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Babu’s uncle Yasin Ali Gazi said Babu went out on Monday night after receiving a call from Rifat around 9pm and did not return. On that night, miscreants demanded Tk 50,000 as ransom from Babu’s father, he added.
He also said that Babu’s father filed a general diary after his son went missing and informed about the ransom.
Police said they arrested the duo using IT from Abhaynagar upazila and Kotchandpur upazila in Jhenidah while the victim’s mobile phone was with one of them.
Towhidul Islam, additional superintendent of police, confirmed that Babu was murdered.
In Sherpur, police recovered the hanging body of a newly-wed housewife, Tanjina Begum, 18, wife of Manju Mia, from Digharpar area in the town in the afternoon.
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Confirming the development, Md Sujaudullah, sub-inspector, Shedpur Sadar Police Station, said the victim’s husband and his relatives went into hiding after the incident.
The couple had been having conjugal dispute for six months since their marriage.
Police are investigating the incident, he added.