47 Skeletons and Numerous Human Bones Recovered in Operation

❐ Staff Reporter

Tejgaon Police Station of Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested four members of an organized human skeleton theft gang in a raid in the capital’s Tejgaon Police Station area. During the raid, 47 skulls and a large amount of human bones were recovered from them.

The arrested are Kazi Jahrul Islam alias Soumik (25), Md. Abul Kalam (39), Asadul Munshi alias Jasim alias Ershad (32) and Md. Faisal Ahmed (26). Human bones and 47 skulls were recovered from their custody, kept in various plastic market bags.

According to police sources, based on a secret tip-off, a team from Tejgaon Police Station came to know that some people were illegally collecting human skeletons from graveyards in front of Gate No. 1 in the Manipuripara area under Tejgaon Police Station with the intention of selling them.

Later, a raid was conducted there and Md. Abul Kalam and Asadul Munshi were arrested. During this time, two human skeletons were recovered from them.

Later, based on information provided by the arrested persons, a raid was conducted at a medical college hostel. There, Md. Faisal Ahmed was arrested and 44 more human skeletons were recovered from his custody, scattered in a state of disarray.

A regular case has been filed at Tejgaon Police Station against those arrested in this incident.

During initial interrogation, the arrested persons said that they used to steal and collect human skeletons from various cemeteries in the country, including Gazipur, and later sell them to various individuals at high prices.

Police said that there are 21 cases against the arrested Md. Abul Kalam in various police stations across the country. In addition, there are two cases against Asadul Munshi alias Jasim alias Ershad.

Police said that legal action is underway against those arrested.