Severed ear leads to unearthing of murder

Deriving clues from a severed ear, police recovered the body of a university admission seeker from a mess at Tejkunipara in the capital yesterday noon.

Kamran, 18, was the son of Abdul Bariq of Mangalkandi village under Homna upazila in Comilla.

Police arrested one of his roommates, Moinuddin, of the same village suspecting him to be a killer. Police said both were friends and preparing for the university admission test.        

Officer-in-Charge of Tejgaon Police Station Mazharul Islam said Moinuddin admitted murdering him after being angry at Kamran over some trifling matters.  

He said noticing a severed ear on the roof of a tin-roof building, locals informed police. Police inspected the spot and broke open a room of a two-storey build beside it, he added.

In one room, they found the body and later arrested Moinuddin in the area, police said. Quoting Moinuddin, police said he cut the right ear of Kamran to confirm his death.