Body of boy missing while fishing recovered in Nesarabad, Pirojpur; father sent to jail
In Nesarabad, Pirojpur, Arif Radhi, who has a speech disability, has been accused of killing his 13-year-old son Siam after taking him fishing.
The child's uncle filed a murder case naming the father as the accused after the boy's battered body was recovered from the Sandhya River two days later. After his arrest, police sent Arif Radhi to jail through a court on Sunday morning.
The deceased Siam was a resident of the Rajbari area of Guarekha Union in the upazila. He went missing on Thursday afternoon after going to fish in the Sandhya River with his father.
Two days later, on Saturday morning, his floating body was recovered from the Sandhya River in the Rajbari Launch Terminal area.
Local sources said that on Thursday afternoon Arif Radhi, who has a speech disability, took his physically disabled son Siam to catch hilsa in the Sandhya River. After that, both father and son went missing.
The next day, Friday, Arif was found in the neighbouring Gobindaguhakathi area, but he could give no information about his son.
On Saturday morning, local people saw Siam's body floating in the river and informed the police. Police later recovered the body. Marks of injury were seen on the back of the child's neck, head and back, it was learned.
Local people later detained Arif and questioned him. At one stage, relatives claimed, he admitted in gestures to killing his son. He was later handed over to the police.
The deceased child's uncle and plaintiff in the case, Palash Radhi, alleged that after going fishing with his father, both went missing. Arif was found the next day but said nothing about Siam. Later, his nephew's body was found in the river.
Palash Radhi claimed that while fishing in the boat, father and son had an argument. At one stage, when Arif slapped his son, Siam hit his father with an oar. Enraged, Arif struck his son from behind with a machete that was in the boat. Seriously injured, Siam fell into the river.
Nesarabad Police Station Officer-in-Charge Md Mehedi Hasan said Siam went missing on Thursday after going to fish in the river with his father. A missing diary was filed at the police station the next day, Friday. The child's body was recovered from the Sandhya River on Saturday morning. Injury marks were found on the body.
The OC also said that after Arif Radhi was brought to the police station for questioning, an attempt was made to speak with him with the help of an expert, considering his speech disability. In preliminary questioning, he indicated in gestures that there had been a quarrel between father and son in the boat and that at one stage he had struck his son with a machete.
The OC said the deceased child's uncle had filed a murder case naming Arif Radhi as the accused. He was sent to court on Sunday morning. Investigation is continuing to uncover the actual incident behind the killing.
