Mystery shrouds deaths of woman, boy in Ctg

By Our Correspondent, Chittagong
Two separate incidents of mysterious death were reported here in the port city yesterday.

In the first incident police recovered a body of a middle-aged woman from a flat of a four-storied building at Gangabari area of Patharghata under Kotwali Police Station at around 1:30pm.

The victim, identified as Taki Chowdhury, 40, worked as a maid at the residence of one Narayan Kanti Das since 2003.

In another incident, body of a minor boy, identified as Anisur Rahman, 5, son of one Mohammad Alam, was recovered from a rooftop water tank at a rice mill of Bakalia area at around 8:30am yesterday.

Police suspected that death of the boy might be a sequel to a quarrel between his father and a neighbouring woman identified as Parvin Akter.

Parvin remained absconding while her twelve year old son Suman was held, police said.