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Brutal inhuman mutilation

Sunamganj child’s severed body recovered hanging from tree


Bangladeshpost
Published : 14 Oct 2019 08:33 PM | Updated : 06 Sep 2020 03:05 PM

Staff Correspondent, Sylhet

In a terrible incident of brutal mutilation, a five-year old child’s ear and private part were severed before being stabbed to death at Kejaura village under the Rajanagar union in Derai upazila in Sunamganj district on early Monday. Unidentified miscreants killed the child after picking him from the bedroom, said local sources.

The ill-fated child was identified as Tuhin, son of Abdul Basir, a resident of Kejaura village in Derai upazila. Police sources said like every night, the child went to the bed with his father on Monday night also. At one stage of the night, a group of unidentified miscreants entered into the bedroom after breaking open the door and took away the sleeping child from the bed.

Sources also said later, the miscreants mutilated the ear and private part of the child before stabbing him to death with two knives which the killers didn’t pull off. The two knives remained stabbed into the belly of the child. The murderers then hanged the body from a tree adjacent to his house.

“On information, police recovered the dead body,” said KM Nazrul Islam, officer-in-charge of Derai police station. “We are investigation the matter in seriously,” the OC added.