Tourist guide found dead

A youth was found dead at Jaflong in Sylhet’s Gowainghat upazila on Wednesday, reports UNB.

The deceased was identified as Saddam Hossain, 30, of Kalinagar village. He was a professional tourist guide and photographer.

Alamgir Hossian, a cousin of the deceased and also general secretary of Jaflong Tourist Guide and Studio Owners Association, said Saddam left home around 8:00am as his regular practice.

Later, locals spotted his wounded body in the Green Park area of Jaflong in the afternoon and informed the police.

Md Abdul Ahad, officer-in-charge of Gowainghat police station, said they went to the spot on information, recovered the body and sent it to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital.

“A blood-stained knife was recovered from the scene. We’re probing inot the death,” he added.