Body of missing Independent TV journo found

Locals recovered the body of Aurangzeb Sajib, from Dhaleswari river in Munshiganj yesterday. He had been missing since December 20.
He was the Dhaka Medical College Hospital corres­pon­dent of different newspapers and electronic media outlets. According to our Munshiganj correspondent, Setu Islam, a teenage boy, first saw the body floating on the Dhaleswari, near President Professor Dr Iajuddin Ahmed Residential Model School & College. Later, some locals found the body and the informed the police.
Around 3pm, a team of local police, led by inspector Yunus Ali, officer-in-charge of Munshiganj Sadar Police Station, recovered the body.
Sajib’s wife, Morsheda Begum, son Sohan, and brother Rajon, went to Munshiganj Sadar Hospital, to identify the body.
Seeing the body, they started weeping, and claimed that Aurangzeb had been murdered.
They identified the body from the clothes (pants, red shirt, and sweater), though the body had decomposed partially. Meanwhile, even after recovery of the body, law enforcement officers are still groping in the dark about Sajib’s disappearance and subsequent demise.
They are trying to find out where Sajib stayed the night, before he went missing from DMCH. As he was seen at DMCH till 9.30am, how could he have boarded the MV Takua, which left Sadarghat at 9.15am. If he did not travel in the launch, how did he reach Munshiganj, and how was his mobile phone and identity card found on the vessel.
The police are also yet to find out why Sajib’s bike key was in the tool box. They are also yet to know why, in recent times, he used to spend the night away from his residence.
Inspector Abu Bakar Siddique, officer of Shahbagh Police Station, told this correspondent that they are investigating the incident, keeping various aspects, including disputes centred around Sajib’s profession, family issues, or affairs, in mind.
“We came to know that Aurangzeb spent nights away from his residence, saying that he had work, but we are sure that those excuses are not true,” the OC added.
He was last seen on the MV Takua, on December 20. The supervisor of the launch had his mobile phone and ID card. He said that some passengers collected these items and gave them to him, after Sajib jumped into the river near Munshiganj and swum ashore.
From the beginning, however, family members of Sajib have alleged that goons may have killed him by throwing him off the vessel. Sajib did not know how to swim, they said.
Nadia Sharmeen, a staff reporter of the Ekattor TV, had called Sajib on his mobile phone
on the afternoon of December 20.
A person, claiming to be Farhad, picked up the phone. He told her that the owner of the phone had jumped from the launch near Munshiganj Ghat, around 12.30pm. She immediately shared this information with others.

 

 

Body of missing Independent TV journo found

Locals recovered the body of Aurangzeb Sajib, from Dhaleswari river in Munshiganj yesterday. He had been missing since December 20. He was the Dhaka Medical College Hospital correspondent of different newspapers and electronic media outlets. According to our Munshiganj correspondent, Setu Islam, a teenage boy, first saw the body floating on the Dhaleswari, near President Professor Dr Iajuddin Ahmed Residential Model School College. Later, some locals found the body and the informed the police. Around 3pm, a team of local police, led by inspector Yunus Ali, officer-in-charge of Munshiganj Sadar Police Station, recovered the body. Sajibs wife, Morsheda Begum, son Sohan, and brother Rajon, went to Munshiganj Sadar Hospital, to identify the body. Seeing the body, they started weeping, and claimed that Aurangzeb had been murdered. They identified the body from the clothes (pants, red shirt, and sweater), though the body had decomposed partially. Meanwhile, even after recovery of the body, law enforcement officers are still groping in the dark about Sajibs disappearance and subsequent demise. They are trying to find out where Sajib stayed the night, before he went missing from DMCH. As he was seen at DMCH till 9.30am, how could he have boarded the MV Takua, which left Sadarghat at 9.15am. If he did not travel in the launch, how did he reach Munshiganj, and how was his mobile phone and identity card found on the vessel. The police are also yet to find out why Sajibs bike key was in the tool box. They are also yet to know why, in recent times, he used to spend the night away from his residence. Inspector Abu Bakar Siddique, officer of Shahbagh Police Station, told this correspondent that they are investigating the incident, keeping various aspects, including disputes centred around Sajibs profession, family issues, or affairs, in mind. We came to know that Aurangzeb spent nights away from his residence, saying that he had work, but we are sure that those excuses are not true, the OC added. He was last seen on the MV Takua, on December 20. The supervisor of the launch had his mobile phone and ID card. He said that some passengers collected these items and gave them to him, after Sajib jumped into the river near Munshiganj and swum ashore. From the beginning, however, family members of Sajib have alleged that goons may have killed him by throwing him off the vessel. Sajib did not know how to swim, they said. Nadia Sharmeen, a staff reporter of the Ekattor TV, had called Sajib on his mobile phone on the afternoon of December 20. A person, claiming to be Farhad, picked up the phone. He told her that the owner of the phone had jumped from the launch near Munshiganj Ghat, around 12.30pm. She immediately shared this information with others.