Man killed with injection for gold ornaments, two arrested near the border
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has arrested the main accused in a murder case and his associate who helped him try to flee to India, after a body stuffed in a sack was recovered from the Mukteshwari river in Monirampur, Jashore.
They were arrested from the Bhadiali border area of Kolaroa upazila in Satkhira.
The information was given in a press release signed by CID Special Police Superintendent (Media) Md. Chufi Ullah on Monday (9 November).
The arrested men are Mithun Dhar (32) of Mahishdia Madhyapara in Monirampur, Jashore, and Md. Hannan Gazi (64) of Dakshin Bhadiali under Kolaroa police station in Satkhira.
According to the release, on 7 November the sack-bound body of an unidentified man was recovered from the Mukteshwari river beside the Mahishdia Heller's Ghat bridge under Monirampur police station. On receiving the news, the Jashore CID quick response team went to the spot and began a shadow investigation.
The victim was later identified through his relatives and local people. His name is Ranjan Mondol (60), son of the late Haripada Mondol of Kalicharanpur area under Keshabpur police station in Jashore.
The preliminary investigation found that after 12pm on 6 November, Ranjan Mondol went to the chamber of local village doctor Mithun Dhar at Katakhali Bazar. He was last seen at around 4pm that day at Kacharibari Bazar. He had been missing since then.
The CID's preliminary investigation identified Mithun Dhar as the main perpetrator of the killing. The investigation found that Mithun killed him by pushing an injection, intending to take his gold ornaments, mobile phone and other valuables. He then stuffed the body in a sack and threw it into the Mukteshwari river.
He then tried to flee to India through the Bhadiali border under Kolaroa police station in Satkhira, with the help of Hannan Gazi.
In this situation, the Jashore CID quick response team, with the help of Kolaroa police, raided Bhadiali village and arrested the two men.
The release further said that, based on information given by the arrested Mithun Dhar, raids at his house and around the scene recovered the victim's gold chain, gold ring and smartphone, as well as the motorcycle used to carry the body. An empty ampoule used to give the victim the injection was also recovered from Mithun's shop at Katakhali Bazar.
In this incident, the victim's nephew Debashish Mondol (38) filed a case at Monirampur police station on Sunday (8 November) as the complainant. The two arrested accused were produced before the court the same day. The CID investigation is continuing to identify and arrest others involved in the incident.
