Police recovered the decomposed bodies of a man and his wife from a field in Kamalapur-Brahmandanga village under Keshabpur upazila of Jashore on Saturday night.
The bodies were recovered around 8PM on Saturday (October 31). The deceased were identified as Alek Sardar, 45, son of late Joban Ali Sardar of Magurkhali village under Mangalcoat Union, and his wife, Majeda Begum, 38.
According to local sources, Afsar Ali Gazi went to the field around 5PM to plant cabbage seedlings when he spotted the bodies of a man and a woman beside a rice field and an irrigation borewell. He informed his nephew, Shahid, who then alerted village police member Sirajul Islam. Police reached the spot after receiving the information and recovered the bodies.
Police initially suspected that the couple had been murdered. However, the motive and those involved in the alleged killings could not be established immediately.
Members of Keshabpur Police Station, Jashore Detective Branch, Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) and Criminal Investigation Department (CID) visited the scene and collected evidence. The bodies were later sent to a morgue for autopsies.
Assistant Superintendent of Police Imdadul Haque of Monirampur Circle, Keshabpur Police Station Officer-in-Charge Hafizur Rahman and PBI official Debabrata Hari, among other police personnel, took part in the investigation under the direction of Jashore Superintendent of Police Syed Rafiqul Islam.
The investigation is underway to determine the cause of death and identify those responsible.
- MaT