Stone worker murdered in Sylhet
Police recovered the decomposed body of a stone worker from Dholai River at Bholaganj in Companyganj upazila on Wednesday.
The deceased was identified as Abul Kashem, 38, son of Golam Moula of village Rasulpur in Sunamganj Sadar upazila.
Officer in-charge of Companyganj PS Nandankanti Dhar said, locals found the floating body of Abul Kashem in the afternoon and informed them. Later, they recovered the body that bore several injury marks.
Sources said Abul Kashem along with his fellow workers Golam Hossain, Golam Ahmed and Ali Hossain in a boat was going to collect stones from Bunker area of Bholaganj on August 22.
But locals said Ansar members chased their boat and caught Kashem while his three fellow workers managed to escape. They said the Ansars later tortured Kashem mercilessly and since then he remained missing.
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