A soldier was slaughtered inside a barrack of Jessore Cantonment on late Thursday night.
Helaluddin was found with his throat slit in his room – which he shared with 11 other army members – in the barrack around 2am yesterday, said Duty Officer Manzur Ali Khan of Jessore Kotwali police station.
He was rushed to the Combined Military Hospital, where the doctors pronounced him dead around 4am.
Helal was from Jamalganj upazila in Jamalpur district. In service for eight years, he used to work in 55 Division under 8 Engineering Battalion at Jessore Cantonment.
Manzur further said that one of the three army members who were on duty on the night of the incident had been missing since the body was found. “The other barrack members are currently being interrogated by the military officials.”
A general diary was filed with Kotwali police yesterday morning in this regard. Helal’s post-mortem examination was conducted in the afternoon.
A high official of Jessore police, requesting not to be named, told the Dhaka Tribune that recovering the body, the police performed their duties including conducting the inquest report and other formalities.
The official later suggested to contact with the ISPR for further information as they are responsible to provide all necessary support about the incident.
Dhaka Tribune ranged the office number of ISPR around 9:30pm, for comments. But an official said that there were no officials concerned to give information about it and that he was not aware of the incident.