Police yesterday recovered the body of journalist Aurangzeb Sajib from Dhaleshwari River in Munshiganj, three days after he went missing.
Locals saw the body in the afternoon and informed police, who later came and recovered it. Sajib’s wife Morsheda, his son Sohan and colleagues identified the body.
Police said they had no idea how Sajib died but his family claimed he had been killed.
Sajib worked for several print and electronic media organisations as a Dhaka Medical College Hospital correspondent.
Morsheda claimed that her husband did not commit suicide. “Sajib was travelling to Chandpur by a launch named MV Taqwa and was pushed off the vessel. It was a premeditated act.”
She said Sajib had no plan to visit his ailing mother on Sunday, the day he went missing.
Additional Superintendent of marine police Mokhlesur Rahman said the call lists of Sajib’s two mobile phones were checked.
“The last call on one of his mobile phones was made by a girl at 7:20am on Sunday. After receiving the call, Sajib, who was at his workplace, finished his work and left. We suspect that the girl’s call is linked to his death.
“We are still investigating and the identity of the girl cannot be revealed for the sake of investigation,” he added.
