Missing schoolboy
Missing schoolboy’s body recovered from river in Sirajganj
Members of the Fire Service and Civil Defense have recovered the body of a schoolboy two days after he had gone in the Fuljor River in Sirajganj.
The deceased was identified as Shuvo, 14, a class X student of a local high school and son of Sukumar Chandra of Chandaikona union of Raiganj upazila.
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Ataur Rahman, station officer of Sirajganj Fire Service and Civil Defense, said Shuvo and some of his friends went to the river for bathing after Holi festival on Friday afternoon and at one stage Shuvo drowned.
Fire service members and divers from Rajshahi could not trace the body even after searching for two days but the locals spotted his body on Sunday morning, he said.
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Raiganj Police officer-in-charge (OC) Mohammad Shahidul Islam police recovered the body and handed it over to his family.
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Missing schoolboy’s body recovered in Chuadanga
Police recovered the decomposed body of a third grader, who had gone missing 25 days ago, from an old grave at Taltala Bara graveyard in Chuadanga early Monday.
The deceased was identified as Abu Huraira, son of Abdul Barek of Chuadanga town. He was a student of Chuadanga VJ Govt High School.
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Md Mohsin, officer-in-charge (OC) of Chuadanga Sadar Police Station, said the schoolboy went missing on January 19 after going out for tuition.
His father Abdul Barek filed a case at the Chuadanga Sadar Police Station against five people on January 25. Police arrested his private tutor Ranju and his brother Manju in this connection.
Later on Sunday evening, police arrested two others including Abdul Momin, the deceased's neighbour.
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Based on the arrestees' information, police recovered the decomposed body of Huraira from an old grave in Taltola Bara graveyard in Chuadanga around 2am on Monday, said Sukhendu Basu, officer-in-charge (OC-Operation) of Chuadanga Police Station.
The body was sent to Chuadanga Sadar Hospital morgue, said OC Sukhendu.
Investigation is underway in this regard, he added.
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