<i>'Friends' murdered him for ransom</i>
Body of Sarowar exhumed in Gaibandha after 45 days
The body of Sarowar Hossain, 15, a worker of a lathe machine workshop in the capital, was exhumed from Gaibandha municipality graveyard on Saturday, 45 days after his abduction.
According to confessional statements of the arestees, Sarowar's friends Liton, Rubel Mia, Ilias, Abu Siddique, Sohag Mia and Abul Hashem tactfully abducted him from his work place at Tantibazar on November 16 on the plea of visiting Sylhet. But they took him to the house of Hashem, one of the gang members, in Phulchhari upazila of Gaibandha.
They strangled Sarowar on the night of November 17, buried the body on the bank of the Jamuna in Khatiyamari area of Phulchhari upazila and returned back to Dhaka.
On November 28, the gang phoned Sarowar's father Sanaullah, a resident of Looter Char in Comilla, and demanded a ransom of Tk 20 lakh for release of his son.
They also threatened to kill Sarowar if the money was not paid within the next 24 hours.
Locals said they found the body during erosion by the river on November 22 and informed Phulchhari police station.
Police went to the spot, recovered the body and later handed over the unclaimed body to Gaibandha unit of Anjuman Mufidul Islam.
On the following day, Anjuman Mufidul Islam buried the body at the municipality graveyard.
Following an abduction case filed by Sarowar's brother-in-law (sister's husband) Shah Jalal with Dhaka Katowali Police Station on November 30, police launched an investigation and arrested Sohag Mia from Old Dhaka.
On the basis of his statement, law enforcers arrested all members of the gang who gave confessional statements before Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate's Court.
As per order of the court, police exhumed the body in the presence of Executive Magistrate Zahid Newaz Saturday afternoon.
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