Teenager found slaughtered in drug rehabilitation centre

Police recovered the body of a teenage boy from a drug rehabilitation centre at Sadar upazila of Faridpur district on Tuesday morning.

The incident took place at NA Rehabe Centre in the upazila at around 9 am.
Deceased Abdur Rahman Anik, 15, was son of Ludu Miah and a resident of Bhadsa Dior village in the upazila.

Quoting locals, Joypurhat Sadar Police Station officer-in-charge Sirajul Islam said Anik's father admitted the victim to the rehab centre for his rehabilitation two years ago. He used live in there.

"Anik along with one Zafor went to kitchen in the morning to cook something but didn't return after long time. Then the others went there to check them and found Anik's slaughtered body was fallen down on the floor," he said.

Being informed, police recovered the body and sent it to Joypurhat Sadar Hospital morgue for an autopsy.

Police arrested seven people, including the director of the rehab centre, for interrogation.

However, Zafor managed to flee from the scene and police are trying to arrest him, the OC added.

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