Pirojpur schoolboy's body exhumed

The body of a schoolboy was exhumed yesterday for autopsy, 21 days after it was buried at Indurkani upazila of the district.

The body was exhumed in presence of Executive Magistrate Sanjeeb Das.

Khulna Sadar Police Station Sub-Inspector (SI) Biplob Kanti sent the body to Pirojpur Sadar Hospital for autopsy.

The deceased was Mehedi Hasan, 15, son of Romijul Islam of Dakkhin Bhabanipur village in the upazila. Mehdi lived in Khulna with his family and was a Class X student at Rupsha Bahumukhi High School there.

Biplob said locals rescued injured Mehedi from near Oriental Fish Company in Rupsha area of Khulna city on September 3 and admitted him to Khulna Medical College Hospital. As his condition deteriorated, he was taken to Dhaka for better treatment next day. He died there nine days later and was buried without autopsy at his village home in Indurkani on September 14.

Mehedi's family members said they heard that some youths beat him up and left him on the road so that it would look like an accident.

Mehedi's mother Papri Begum filed a case with Khulna Metropolitan Magistrate's Court on September 20, accusing 13 people.

After hearing on the next day, the court ordered the officer-in-charge of Khulna Sadar Police Station to exhume the body for autopsy.

The body will be buried again at Indurkani after autopsy, SI Biplob said.