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CUMILLA: Police recovered the body of a 13-year-old boy from a forested area in Kotbari, Cumilla, a day after he went missing. Police found signs of serious injuries to his head.
The body of Apratim was recovered from a wooded area south of the Dakshin Mor intersection in Kotbari around noon on Saturday.
Apratim, a seventh-grade student at Border Guard Public School, was the only child of Dr Nahida Begum, an associate professor in the Department of Bangla at Cumilla University, and KM Firoz Shahriar.
According to police and family members, Apratim left his home in Kotbari under Ward 24 of Sadar South Police Station around 3:30pm on Friday, taking his mother’s iPhone to take photographs with friends. He did not return home afterwards.
After searching for him in various places without success, his father, KM Firoz Shahriar, filed a general diary with Sadar South Police Station that evening.
On Saturday, police were informed after Apratim’s body was found lying in a wooded area south of the Dakshin Mor intersection. Police later went to the spot and recovered the body.
Sadar South Model Police Station Officer-in-Charge Rakibul Islam said Apratim’s body was recovered from the area and that serious injuries were visible on his head.
“The incident is being investigated with importance. The actual circumstances surrounding his death will be known after the investigation,” he said.
News of Apratim’s death has cast a pall of grief over his family, relatives and local residents.
Police are investigating the circumstances behind his death and whether anyone was involved in the incident.