Body of July uprising victim exhumed from Pabna graveyard

Body of a student who was a victim of July-August uprising was exhumed from the graveyard today after four and a half months at Jorgasa Shorup village in Pabna's Shanthia upazila.

Deceased Julkar Naine, 17, son of Abdul Hai Al Hadi of village Nandanpur, was killed during the mass uprising on August 5 at Baipail of Savar in Dhaka. A case was filed later with the Ashulia Police Station.

Saidur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Shanthia Police Station, said that members of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) headquarters are now investigating the case.

As part of the investigation a team led by CID Inspector Mushfukur Rahman reached the graveyard and exhumed the body in presence of an executive magistrate around 11:00am, he added.

The body was sent to Pabna General Hospital morgue for autopsy, the OC also said.

Julkar was the student of Polashbari JL Model School and College and joined a procession along with others on that day, according to the police and family.

The victim's family members brought the body on the same night and buried him at Jorgasa graveyard on August 6 without an autopsy.