Body of a youth found after 35 days of abduction

Police found another body of a youth at the first death anniversary of 17-year old Tanvir Mohammad Twaki from Kamtal area of Bandar upazila in Narayanganj yesterday.

The deceased is Emon, who is a student of class IX at Sonargaon High School. His body was found after 35 days since he went missing.

Police have arrested the victim's cousin and two others for their alleged involvement in the killing.

Officer-in-Charge of Bandar police station Akhtar Morshed said Emon used to reside in Kamtal area. He is the son of Mauritius expatriate Nurul Islam Nura and Ferdousi Begum.

Emon went missing on January 29. After being failed to find him, Ferdousi filed a case with the local police station on February 5.

The case was filed accusing Emon’s uncle Piar Hossain, cousin Sahara Banu, brother-in-law Jasim Uddin another cousin Nur Alam and Masum.

Emon’s family had a long-term conflict centering land dispute against the mentioned accused, said the plaintiff.

Police arrested Emon’s cousin Al Amin and his two friends Saidur Rahman and Shahjahan Ali Jibon on Wednesday by tracking their mobile phones. 

In interrogation the detainees said they had called Emon and brought him out of home at 8pm on January 29. Al Amin then kidnapped Emon and took him to a poultry farm named "Project Builders Ltd" where the accused killed Emon using lethal weapon. Later, they put the body into a sack and threw it to the trash area.

Police yesterday recovered the body and sent it to Narayanganj Sadar Hospital for an autopsy.

Ferdousi Begum said Emon had been picked up in front of her from the house. The kidnappers demanded Tk10 lakh as ransom. But they  killed Emon after abduction.

She claimed that after filing of the case, police also arrested Piar Hossain and Sahara Banu. After the arrest, the kidnappers did not demand the ransom money.