Body found with shotgun, cartridges in Munshiganj

Police last night recovered a body from a road in Talgachhtola area under Mollakandi union in Munshiganj Sadar upazila.

The deceased was identified as Sana Majhi, 42, of the same area. The body was recovered around 11:30pm last night, Munshiganj Sadar police said in a press release this morning.

According to the press release, based on information that locals had caught an armed robber, police rushed to the location and found Sana Majhi's body lying on the road. They found a single-barrel shotgun and two cartridges there.

The release stated that locals beat the man to death and left the body on the road at Moddho Makhati and the shotgun and the cartridges were with the alleged victim.

The body was sent to Munshiganj General Hospital for an autopsy, and a case is currently being processed.

Saiful Alam, officer-in-charge (OC) of Munshiganj Sadar Police Station, said that preliminary investigations suggest that the incident was not a case of robbery. The victim, Sana Majhi, has eight brothers, all of whom are affiliated with the Awami League and politically active for former Munshiganj-3 lawmaker Mrinal Kanti Das.

The victim's brother, Habu Majhi, filed a complaint with the police station alleging that Sana Majhi was killed following a long-standing enmity. After August 5, Sana Majhi and his family left their own place and had been living in a rented house in Dagra Para of Bajrayogini union. On the day of the incident, around 3:00pm, a youth named Swadhin, known to the victim, called him out. And since then, he had been missing until his body was recovered.

OC Saiful Alam further said, "The victim's family had a long-standing conflict with the family of Babu Majhi from Moddho Makohati Majhibari. In fact, all eight brothers of Sana Majhi were once accused in the murder case of Babu Majhi's brother Shipon Majhi, but later they were all acquitted."