Dismembered body recovered from inside travel bag

Local correspondent

The dismembered body of an unidentified man has been recovered from inside a travel bag lying on the side of the road in Tongi, Gazipur.

The East Police Station recovered a body from a travel bag on the road in front of Station Road at 9:30 am this Friday.

Eyewitnesses said that a travel bag was lying abandoned on the side of the road. Although people gathered, no one dared to open the bag. When the police were informed, they thought it was suspicious and a team from Tongi East Police Station came there and took the bag into their custody.

Police said that locals saw the bag and informed the police. When the police reached the spot, they opened the bag and found the dismembered body of an unidentified man. It is believed that the bag was left by miscreants on the side of the road in the Station Road area sometime last night.

Tongi East Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Faridul Islam said that work is underway to identify the body. The progress of the incident will be known after collecting CCTV footage from around the road.

He said legal action is being taken in this regard.