Jhalokathi, Oct 30 (V7N) – The body of a man bearing multiple sharp-weapon injuries was recovered from a canal in Rajapur upazila of Jhalokathi on Thursday morning. The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) later confirmed his identity through fingerprint analysis.
The deceased was identified as Md Nur Alam Kagji, 35, son of Afsar Kagji of Noukathi village in Rajapur upazila.
According to police and local sources, residents spotted the body in a canal at Kadbeltala in the Dakshin Kathipara area on Thursday morning and informed the police.
Police arrived at the scene and notified the CID. A CID team subsequently collected the deceased’s fingerprints and analysed them to establish his identity.
The body bore multiple injuries believed to have been inflicted with a sharp weapon. Investigators suspect that the victim was attacked and killed before his body was dumped in the canal. However, the circumstances of the killing and the identities of those responsible were not immediately known.
Rajapur Police Station Officer-in-Charge Sujon Biswas said arrangements were being made to send the body for an autopsy.
He added that police and other law enforcement agencies had launched an investigation to determine the circumstances of the killing and identify and arrest those involved.
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