Body of Missing Teen Siam Recovered from Sandhya River in Pirojpur's Nesarabad; Father in Police Custody
The body of a 13-year-old boy, Siam, has been recovered from the Sandhya River in Nesarabad upazila of Pirojpur, two days after he went missing while fishing with his father. The floating body was recovered on Saturday morning from the river near Rajbari launch ghat in Guarekha Union of the upazila.
Police said there were injury marks on the head, neck and back of the body. The family has filed a murder case against the boy's father, Arif Radhi, who has a speech impairment. He is currently in police custody.
According to the family and local sources, Arif Radhi took Siam to fish in the Sandhya River on Thursday afternoon. When they had not returned home by 8pm, Siam's mother, Munni Begum, began searching for them.
The next morning, Siam's elder brother found Arif in the neighbouring village of Gobindkathi. Munni Begum said that when asked about Siam at that time, Arif gave no answer.
On Friday, Munni Begum filed a general diary (GD) at the police station over her son's disappearance. On Saturday morning she received news that her son's body was floating in the river. She said she saw injury marks on the back of her son's head and neck, and suspected something may have happened while fishing on the boat. She also said her husband had not returned home since taking Siam to the river.
Siam's uncle Palash said that after father and son went fishing together, neither could be traced. Arif was found in the Gobindkathi area a day later, but there was no trace of Siam. His body was finally recovered from the river on Saturday. He said there were injury marks resembling cuts on the back of the head, the neck and the back.
Palash also said that after Siam's body was recovered, angry local residents detained Arif and tied him to a tree, before handing him over to the police.
Jasim, a boatman who ferries passengers between Rajbari launch ghat and Shehangal launch ghat, said that at around 8am on Saturday, while crossing, he saw a body floating in the river in front of the launch terminal. He informed local residents, who came and identified the body as Siam's.
Subrata, in-charge of the Nesarabad river police outpost, said injury marks were found on the boy's head, neck and back when the body was recovered. A murder case has been filed by the victim's family, and the accused father is in police custody.
Nesarabad police station officer-in-charge Md Mehdi Hasan said a general diary was filed on Friday over Siam's disappearance. On Saturday morning, injury marks were found when his body was recovered from the river. The family has filed a murder case, and Siam's father Arif Radhi is in police custody for questioning.
