4 missing schoolboys found dead

Five days into their disappearance, bodies of four children were found at Sundratiki village under Bahubal upazila in Habiganj yesterday.
The four, including three cousins, were identified as Manir Miah (7), Zakaria Shuva (8), and Tajel Miah (10) -- class I, II, and IV students of Sundratiki Primary School, and Ismail Miah (10), class II student of Sundratili Madrassa. Manir, Shuva, and Tajel were cousins.
Sundratiki villagers found the bodies buried under heaps of soil yesterday morning and informed the police.
The children went to play to a nearby field in the afternoon on Friday but did not return homes. Police were searching for the bodies since separate general diaries were lodged in this connection the following day, adds our Staff Reporter.
Being informed, police went to the spot and sent the bodies to Habiganj Sadar Hospital morgue for autopsy.
Mizanur Rahman, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Sylhet range, visited the spot in the afternoon and announced a bounty of Tk one lakh for information that may lead to the arrest of culprits involved in the killings.
Meanwhile, Zakaria’s father filed a murder case, which has been handed over to Officer-in-Charge of Habiganj Detective Branch of police Md Moktadir Hossain for investigation, according to sources.

 

4 missing schoolboys found dead

Five days into their disappearance, bodies of four children were found at Sundratiki village under Bahubal upazila in Habiganj yesterday. The four, including three cousins, were identified as Manir Miah (7), Zakaria Shuva (8), and Tajel Miah (10) -- class I, II, and IV students of Sundratiki Primary School, and Ismail Miah (10), class II student of Sundratili Madrassa. Manir, Shuva, and Tajel were cousins. Sundratiki villagers found the bodies buried under heaps of soil yesterday morning and informed the police. The children went to play to a nearby field in the afternoon on Friday but did not return homes. Police were searching for the bodies since separate general diaries were lodged in this connection the following day, adds our Staff Reporter. Being informed, police went to the spot and sent the bodies to Habiganj Sadar Hospital morgue for autopsy. Mizanur Rahman, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Sylhet range, visited the spot in the afternoon and announced a bounty of Tk one lakh for information that may lead to the arrest of culprits involved in the killings. Meanwhile, Zakarias father filed a murder case, which has been handed over to Officer-in-Charge of Habiganj Detective Branch of police Md Moktadir Hossain for investigation, according to sources.