Missing boy found killed

A Secondary School Certificate (SSC) exam candidate, who went missing on Thursday night, was found dead partially submerged in a pond at Kamalpur in Bakshiganj upazila of Jamalpur yesterday.

Abu Rayhan, 17, adopted son of Bachchu Miah of village Dhanua, went out after getting a call on Thursday night and did not return. Later, locals found his semi-submerged body in the pond, some one kilometer away from the deceased's house, said Bakshiganj police.

Some six months ago, Bachchu willed some of his properties to Rayhan. Police primarily suspected that Bachchu's relatives might have killed Rayhan for his father's property, which they could inherit if he did not have any heir.

After an autopsy, Jamalpur General Hospital morgue sources said Rayhan was strangled.