Murders rise sharply in Narayanganj

Murders have risen up sharply in Narayanganj district, with police recording 35 killings in the last three months.

Police recovered 115 bodies from different locations of the district within the first three months of the year and identified 35 incidents of murder, district police sources said.

In January, 12 people were killed by miscreants. In February, six were victims of mob beating and feuds among groups.

In March, eight persons were killed including Bangladesh Chhatra League leader Sohel Mia, 27, and an expatriate, Tofazzal Hossain Babul.

The law enforcement recovered 17 bodies from various locations in the district in the first 18 days of April. Earlier, they recovered 29 bodies in January, 28 in February and 41 in March.

Superintendent of police in Narayanganj district Harun-ur-Rashid confirmed the increasing number of abnormal deaths and said police are investigating the murder cases to identify the culprits.

Apart from the murders, 35 cases of deaths in road accidents and 56 cases of suicide, drowning and fire incidents also were recorded during the period.

On 12 April, Farid Ahmed, 38, a sub-inspector was crushed under the wheels of a covered van on Dhaka-Chattogram highway.

On 31 March, an engineer Mahbub Hasan Jewel, 43, drowned in Balu river at Rupganj. On the same night three people, including a presiding officer, drowned in the river while returning to Dhaka after completing the Sonargaon upazila election process, when a trawler carrying them capsized in a storm.

Besides, bodies of 16 people who reportedly committed suicide in separate places were recovered and seven people died in fires occuring over a span of 108 days.