Four people including two women were found dead in separate incidents in four districts - Narayanganj, Chattogram, Sylhet and Noakhali.
RUPGANJ, NARAYANGANJ: Police recovered the throat-slit body of a woman from the side of a road at Purbachal in Rupganj Upazila of the district on Monday.
The body was recovered from in front of Gutiabo Government Primary School in Sector-5 of Purbachal under the upazila in the morning.
The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.
Senior Assistant Superintendent of Police Mehedi Islam said that locals informed the police after seeing the body of the woman lying on the side of the road in the morning.
Being informed, police recovered the body from the scene and sent it to Narayanganj General Hospital morgue for an autopsy. A sharp knife used in the murder was also recovered from the scene.
Police assumed that miscreants might have killed the woman on Sunday night. The cooperation of CID and PBI has been sought to identify the deceased.
HATHAZARI, CHATTOGRAM: Police recovered the hanging body of a man from Hathazari Upazila in the district on Sunday evening.
The incident took place at Ward No. 2 under Dhalai Union of the upazila.
The deceased was identified as Nur Uddin, 50, a resident of the area.
Local Union Parishad (UP) Member Khokon said that Nur Uddin had been mentally disabled for a long time. Locals spotted his body from a branch of a tree behind his house in the evening and informed the matter to the police. Being informed, police recovered the body and sent it to a hospital morgue for an autopsy, the UP member added.
Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Hathazari Police Station (PS) Abu Kawsar confirmed the incident, adding that necessary steps would be taken in this regard.
SYLHET: Police recovered the body of a woman from her residence in Kanaighat Upazila of the district on Sunday.
The deceased was identified as Fatima Begum alias Phoolan, 22, wife of Faisal Ahmed, a resident of Bayampur Lakshmipur Village under Kanaighat Municipality.
The deceased's husband and his family members went into hiding soon after the incident. On information, police recovered the body and sent it to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital morgue for an autopsy, said Sub-Inspector (SI) of Kanaighat PS Durga Kumar Dev.
However, relatives of the deceased are disputing the suicide claim, alleging that Fatima was murdered by her husband and in-laws.
The actual reason behind her death would be known after getting the autopsy report, the SI added.
NOAKHALI: Police recovered the body of a man from a pond in Sadar Upazila of the district on Sunday.
The body was found at around 11 AM in a pond next to the BADC office on New Bus-Stand Police Line road area in the upazila.
Earlier, on January 2, the man had gone missing while bathing in the pond. Locals informed Fire Service, but the Fire Service personnel were unable to rescue him from the pond. Later on, locals spotted his floating body in the pond on Sunday and informed police.
Being informed, police recovered the body.
Sudharam PS OC Kamrul Islam confirmed the incident.
