The body of murdered Japanese citizen Kunio Hoshi has been buried in a graveyard in the city of Rangpur, says the district administration.
Rangpur Deputy Commissioner (DC) Rahat Anwar confirmed the news to the Bangla Tribune, a sister concern of the Dhaka Tribune, and said Hoshi's burial was completed in Munshipara graveyard around 3am on Tuesday.
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When asked, Rangpur City Corporation Mayor Sharfuddin Ahmed Jhantu said DC Rahat sought permission for the burial from him and the task was done in secret at the dead hours of night.
Kunio Hoshi, 65, was gunned down in broad daylight by unidentified miscreants in Kachu Alutari area of Kawnia upazila in the district during on his way to his farm and since then the body has remained preserved in the morgue of Rangpur Medical College Hospital.
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Later, both Hoshi's family members and the Japanese government gave green signal to the Bangladesh authorities for the burial and the local administration in consultation with the Japan embassy in Dhaka completed the task as per the direction from the Home Ministry.
It was the second consecutive murder of a foreigner in the country in a span of only five days.
