NETROKONA: An autopsy on journalist Lutfuzzaman Fakir Alif, who was killed in a shooting by assailants in Durgapur, Netrokona, found six bullet wounds on his body. Five bullets passed through his body, while one remained lodged in his back. A murder case has been filed with Durgapur Police Station over the incident.
Alif’s wife, Anandita Sangma, filed the case on Friday night, naming seven to eight unidentified suspects.
Earlier that afternoon, an autopsy was conducted on Alif’s body at the morgue of Netrokona 250-bed Modern Sadar Hospital. His body was later buried at the family graveyard in Sunoi village under Pogla Union in Kalmakanda upazila of Netrokona.
Autopsy physician Shraddhananda Nath told journalists that Alif had three bullet wounds in his chest. Two bullets passed through his body, while the other remained lodged in his back.
Another bullet entered through the right side of his forehead and exited through the back of his head. Of the remaining two bullets, one pierced the skin on the top of his head, while the other passed through the skin near his right shoulder.
Based on the nature of the wounds, the physician initially suspected that Alif had been shot from the front with a pistol.