Man’s battered body recovered from cornfield 12 hours after going missing

District Correspondent

Police have recovered the body of a young man named Jasim Uddin (30) in Daulatpur Union of Harinakundu Upazila of Jhenaidah, about 12 hours after he went missing.

His mutilated body was recovered from a cornfield in Tengrakhali around 11 pm yesterday. The deceased, Jasim, is the son of Moktar Ali of Daulatpur village.

According to local and family sources, Jasim left his house at around 10 am on Wednesday to cut grass from the field. When he did not return home even after noon, his relatives started searching for him in various places. Around 11 pm, villagers found his body lying in a deserted cornfield in Tengrakhali.

Local resident Matiar Rahman said the body had a noose around its neck and serious injuries from being beaten with a hammer were seen on various parts of the body. It is believed that he was brutally beaten and strangled to death.

Meanwhile, the family is mourning the death of Jasim. His wife Reshma Khatun is speechless about their two children Khushi and Shamim. She lamented, “My little children have become orphans at this age. Who will I ask for justice now?”

Harinakundu Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Golam Kibria Hasan confirmed the matter and said that upon receiving the information, the police went to the spot that night, recovered the body and are in the process of sending it to the morgue for autopsy.

He added, “Initially, it appears to be a planned murder. We have started an investigation, and the perpetrators will be identified and brought to justice soon.”