Police in Narail have recovered the body of a 40-year-old van driver, bound at the hands, from the roof of a residential building in the Molyar Math area under Lohagara Municipality on Tuesday morning.
The deceased has been identified as Azibar Sheikh, son of Kuddus Sheikh, hailing from Singga village within the same municipality.
According to family members and local police sources, Azibar left his home on Monday morning with his battery-operated van to earn his daily livelihood. Although he customarily returned home every evening before nightfall, he failed to return on Monday. Alarmed by his unusual absence, relatives launched a search across various parts of the town and neighboring areas throughout the evening, but were initially unable to trace his whereabouts.
The first break in the missing person search came late at night, at around 1:30 am on Tuesday, when family members located Azibar’s abandoned van in the Laxmipasha Molyar Math area. However, there was still no sign of the driver.
Hours later, at approximately 8:00 am on Tuesday, local residents discovered Azibar’s lifeless body lying on the rooftop of a house owned by a local resident named Giri Begum. Noticing his hands tied securely, the locals immediately alerted the authorities.
A operational team from Lohagara Police Station arrived swiftly at the scene to secure the area and recover the body. Preliminary investigations have yet to ascertain the precise motive behind the murder or establish how the victim was transported to the rooftop of the residence without drawing immediate attention.
Confirming the incident, Shariful Islam, the Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Lohagara Police Station, stated that law enforcement officers responded promptly upon receiving news of the discovery. He confirmed that the body is being sent to the Narail Modern Sadar Hospital morgue for a detailed post-mortem examination to determine the exact cause and time of death. Police have initiated a formal inquiry to unravel the mystery surrounding the driver’s death and bring those responsible to justice.
