Police yesterday recovered body of an unidentified 10-year-old boy from Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital’s Shahbagh.
Nazir Uddin, sub-inspector of Shahbagh Police Station, said they found the body around 10:00am from a bush in the park. A coloured ribbon was wrapped around his neck.
Police suspect he might have been strangled.
The body was sent to Dhaka Medical College morgue for an autopsy.
Meanwhile, police recovered body of a woman from East Islambagh in the capital’s Chawkbazar area early yesterday.
The deceased was identified as Reshma Akhter, 25, daughter of Abdur Rahman.
Mohammad Ali, officer-in-charge of Chawkbazar Police Station, said all members of the family except Reshma went to attend a religious function around 10:00pm on Monday.
After returning home around 1:00am, they found the front door of the flat locked from inside, he added.
Later, they broke open the door with the help of the neighbours and found Reshma hanging from the ceiling of her room, the OC said.
Police sent the body to Dhaka Medical College for an autopsy.
Reshma along with his seven-year-old son had been living in her parents’ house since she was divorced seven years back.
An unnatural death (UD) case has been filed in this connection with Chawkbazar Police Station.
