Police yesterday recovered decomposed body of a watch-factory employee stuffed inside a carton at Chawkbazar in the capital.
Police said they recovered the body of Shah Alam, 23, son of Abu Sayeed of Kishoreganj, around 12:30pm inside the factory. His hands and legs were tied with ropes and was wrapped in a blanket.
Police picked up Mohammad Sayem Miah, owner of Bristi Watch and Company at Champatoli Lane of Chawkbazar, for interrogation.
Sub-Inspector Ekram Hossain of Chawkbazar Police Station said Sayem claimed that he left the factory around 8:00pm Thursday night finishing the day’s work and leaving Shah Alam in the factory.
Shah Alam, who had been working at the factory for last two years, used to sleep inside the factory, the SI said.
Sayem told police that he did not go to the factory on Friday as it was the weekend and when he went yesterday morning he found the door of the factory locked from outside.
He later found the body inside the factory breaking the door open with the help of locals.
Police suspected that Shah Alam was strangled to death. They sent the body to Mitford Hospital morgue for autopsy.
