Two youths' bullet-riddled bodies recovered from river in Khulna

Police have recovered the bullet-riddled bodies of two youths from Atharobeki River in Rupsha upazila of Khulna. The two bodies were recovered from Singher Char area opposite Rupsha Government College around 11:30am on Monday (November 2). Police believe the two youths were shot dead and then thrown into the river.

The deceased are Mehdi Hasan Sohag, 35, and Rezaul Karim alias Alamin, 30. According to police, they were members of the notorious terrorist group B Company of Khulna. There are bullet marks beside Sohag’s eye and under Alamin’s chin and on his back.

Sohag’s home is in Rajapur village of Rupsha upazila. His father’s name is Md Abdullah. Local people said Abdullah once worked as a boatman at Jailkhana Ghat. Later Sohag got involved with the terrorist group B Company. Alamin’s father’s name and detailed identity could not be known.

Eyewitnesses said they saw a body floating in the Singher Char area of the river on Sunday morning. Later when the water receded during low tide they found two bodies side by side at the same place. One of them was wearing a shirt and jeans pant and the other a T-shirt and jeans pant. Police were later informed. Local people identified them after making inquiries in the surrounding villages.

Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Rupsha Police Station Masum Khan said there are multiple bullet marks on the two bodies. It is believed the bodies were thrown into the river after being shot dead. The two murders took place within the last 24 hours. Sohag and Alamin were members of B Company. Whether the murders occurred due to internal disputes among them is being examined.

Earlier around 11pm on Saturday, miscreants hacked to death a youth named Shahidul Islam Colin, 35, on Kashemia Jame Mosque Road under Labanchara Police Station of Khulna city. The next day on Sunday evening Syed Humayun Kabir, a Tati Dal leader, was hacked to death behind Rayermohol Boro Mosque of the city. Police arrested one Siddik Sheikh in this incident.

Meanwhile the bullet-riddled bodies of two youths were recovered from the river on Monday. With this, 75 murders have taken place in Khulna city and district in the first 10 months of this year.