Police recovered two bodies, one of a young man and another of an elderly man, from separate locations in Naogaon on Thursday.
The discoveries were made near the Atrai River bank in Manda upazila and in the Shahpukur area of the Naogaon-Rajshahi highway around 12:30 pm.
The deceased have been identified as Shafiqul Islam Babu (32), son of Abul Kalam Azad of Arpara village in Gopalganj’s Sadar upazila, and Ratan Chandra Modak (63), a resident of Kaligram in Manda upazila. Police confirmed Shafiqul’s identity through a mobile phone found on him, while Ratan had been reported missing for over two weeks.
Shafiqul's mother, Shefali Begum, expressed her shock upon learning of her son's death. "My son works at a garment factory in Gabtoli, Dhaka. He told us on Monday that he was going to his father-in-law's house in Pabna. His phone had been switched off for two days, and today we were informed by Manda Police Station about his body being found," she said.
Similarly, the family of Ratan Chandra Modak had been searching for him for 15 days. His grandson, Badhan Kumar Modak, said, "We filed a general diary with Manda Police Station after failing to locate my grandfather despite searching everywhere."
Officer-in-Charge (OC) Mansur Rahman of Manda Police Station said that the bodies have been sent to the morgue at Naogaon Sadar Hospital for autopsy.