The body of an Islami Chhatra Shibir activist – who had allegedly been held in custody by law enforcers – was found abandoned at the Brac intersection area of Palashbari upazila town in Gaibandha yesterday morning.
The victim was identified as Nazmul Sakib, 25, who hailed from Gridharipur area of Palashbari upazila town and was an office secretary of the Shibir’s town unit.
Locals and family sources said Sakib had received bullet wounds on January 3 during a clash with law enforcers at Gridharipur. On the same day, he received medical treatment at a private clinic in Rangpur in secrecy and took shelter at his relative’s house there, said Milan Miah, a rokon of local Jamaat.
On the evening of January 9, law enforcers detained Sakib when he paid another visit to the clinic, said a close relative of the victim on condition of anonymity.
Locals later found Sakib’s body on the Bogra-Rangpur highway early yesterday morning and notified the police, who then sent the body to Gaibandha Sadar Hospital morgue for autopsy.
A witness said the body bore several injury marks on the head and other parts of the body.
Officer-in-Charge of Palashbari police station Nasir Uddin Mondal confirmed the recovery of Sakib’s body, but he could not elaborate on how he was killed.
The OC added that a process was underway to file a case with the police station in this regard.