Missing BD student found dead in Cyprus

Cyprus police have recovered the body of a 22-year-old Bangladeshi student nine days after he went missing from the eastern Mediterranean island nation.

Investigators found the decomposing body of Shahriar Ahmed Emon buried in a shallow grave near Kofinou of the Larnaca district on Sunday.

Law enforcers have arrested a 22-year-old man in connection with the murder, suspecting Emon was slain on the very night he disappeared on Jun 12. Emon, the son of Nasir Miah from Bakhar Nagar under Narsingdi’s Raipura Thana, lived in the Oroklini village in Larnaca.

Local outlets, including Philenews and Cyprus Times, reported that Emon left home on Jun 12 to travel by bus to his first day of work at a factory in Kofinou.

That night he sent his location to a friend via a mobile app and messaged his father, who was in Greece, asking for help. His phone then went dead and all contact was lost.

Following his disappearance, Emon’s father sought help from both Cypriot and Greek authorities.

From the following day, unknown individuals allegedly used Emon’s phone to contact his father and demand a ransom.

According to detectives, the killer staged a fake kidnapping drama to extort money from the family.

After tracing the final signal from Emon’s mobile phone to Kofinou, local police, Criminal Investigation Department (CID) officers, and intelligence teams scanned CCTV footage and bus routes.�"bdnews24