Imam murder suspect held in Mymensingh

Police yesterday arrested a youth suspecting his involvement in the killing of an Imam under Pagla Police Station in Gafargaon upazila on Sunday.

The arrestee is Ramzan Ali, 35, son of Tamij Uddin, a resident of Purba Golabari village in the upazila. 

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Police later produced the arrestee before a court that sent him to jail, said Badrul Alam Khan, officer-in-charge of Pagla Police Station.

On Monday, police recovered the body of Borhan Uddin, 32, Imam of Amtoli Jam-e-Mosque at Longair village from Kaja-Kandi area, some three kilometres away from his Purba Golabari village.

Police said Borhan, father of four children, went missing while he was returning home from the mosque after offering Esha prayers on Sunday night.

Locals spotted Borhan's body near a bridge in Kaja-Kandi area on Monday morning and informed the police.

Police recovered the body and sent it to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy. 

Police suspect Imam Borhan might have been killed as a sequel to a previous enmity with some people of the village.