Body of a film crew member recovered in Barishal

The body of a worker of Bangladesh Film Development Corporation (BFDC) was recovered from Sugandha river in Barishal yesterday.

The dead was identified as Saddam Hossain, 22, who worked as a shooting assistant at BFDC.

Saddam was travelling to his ancestral home in Otra of Barishal’s Babuganj upazila on Thursday to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr. He had boarded the launch “Farhan-10” at the Sadarghat Launch Terminal in Dhaka, police said quoting his family.

Saddam’s brother-in-law Mainul Hossain said Saddam had called him on Thursday night and said that he was being attacked by a dope gang on the launch.

“He [Mainul] could hear noises [of the attack] but the phone line was cut and the number could not be reached afterwards,” Dibakar Chandra Kar, officer-in-charge at Babuganj Police Station, said quoting Mainul.

One Rashedul Islam Ridoy was held following a murder case filed by Mainul yesterday, the OC said, adding that police suspected that Ridoy, who is also a resident of Otra, was involved with a dope gang.

Police recovered Saddam’s body after it was washed ashore at the South Bhuterdia point of the river on Sunday afternoon.

“The body has been sent to Sher-e-Bangla Medical College for autopsy. It has injury marks on the neck,” said OC Dibakar.

Saddam’s co-workers, along with television and film artistes, demonstrated at the capital’s Moghbazar yesterday demanding exemplary punishment to the killers.