Two found dead in Jashore

JASHORE, Nov 3: Police recovered the partially decomposed bodies of an unidentified man and woman, both believed to be aged 45�"50, from a pit beside a paddy field in Brahmandanga Village of Jashore’s Keshabpur Upazila on Saturday night.

Locals spotted the bodies around 8 pm in a machine-room pit in Ward No. 8 of Panzia Union and alerted police.

The man was found wearing a gamcha, while the woman was dressed in a maxi. Their identities and causes of death remain unknown.

Officer-in-Charge of Keshabpur Police Station Hafizur Rahman said a forensic team would examine the scene before police prepare an inquest report. He said it was too early to determine whether the victims had been killed elsewhere and their bodies dumped at the site. Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the deaths.