Case filed against caretaker over death of retired Brig Gen

Brig Gen (retd) Wazy Ahmed Chowdhury has been found dead at his New DOHS flat in the capital’s Mohakhali. The reason behind his death could not be ascertained immediately. But the police suspect that Wazy might have been killed during a robbery since his neck, hands and legs were found tied up with rope, some valuables were missing from the flat and the caretaker, Abdul Ahad, went into hiding. Wazy’s nephew Reshad Ahmed Chowdhury filed a case with Kafrul police against Ahad and some other unknown people yesterday. Widowed Wazy, his younger son Fuad Ahmed Chowdhury – who has hearing and speech disorders, and caretaker Ahad lived in the flat on the first floor of the building. According to Reshad, Fuad woke up from sleep Wednesday noon and found his room locked from outside. Failing to open the door, he climbed down using the veranda and informed the security guard about the matter. When they went to the flat, the duo found the door locked. They then opened the lock and found Wazy’s body on the floor. Wazy was rushed to Combined Military Hospital where the duty doctors declared him dead around 1pm. Later, a team of Kafrul police collected the body from the CMH and sent it to Dhaka Medical College morgue for an autopsy. Police primarily suspect that Wazy might have been strangled to death early Wednesday by Ahad and some other people. Fuad could not know what actually happened that night as he has hearing and speech impairment. The TV, mobile phones, a laptop and some other goods worth Tk1.21 lakh have been missing from the flat since the incident. Masudur Rahman, deputy commissioner (media) of the DMP, told the Dhaka Tribune yesterday that they were trying to arrest Ahad, who hails from Bishwanath of Sylhet. He took the job two-three months back.