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2018-06-15 Bangladesh
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War crimes witness found dead with throat slit in Khilgaon
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[Dhaka Tribune] The body of Shumon Zahid, a witness in a 1971 war crimes case, has been recovered from near a railway track in Dhaka’s Khilgaon.
The 55-year-old was the only son of martyred journalist Selina Parvin.
Locals found Shumon's body with his throat slit near Bagicha Mosque level crossing around 8am on Thursday.
On receiving the information, police recovered the body from the spot about two hours later, which was first taken to the Government Railway Police (GRP) Station at Kamalapur, and then sent to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) for his appointment with Doctor Quincy.
After an inquest, Kamalapur GRP OC Yasin Faruk said: "Shumon may have been run over by the Rangpur Express as he was crossing the railway lines."
Sub-Inspector Anwar Hossain also said that the victim’s throat might have been slit as he was run over. There were signs of injury on his right ear and forehead as well.
His family, however, said they believe Shumon, who worked at Farmers Bank Limited's Shantinagar branch up until four months ago, was murdered.
His brother-in-law Kazi Md Bakhtiar told news hounds that Shumon might have been murdered by those who had threatened to kill him earlier to stop him from testifying in the war crimes case against al-Badr leaders Chowdhury Mueen Uddin and Ashrafuzzaman Khan.
Mueen and Ashraf were tried in absentia and sentenced to death in November 2013 by the International Crimes Tribunal-2, for killing 18 intellectuals during the 1971 Liberation War.
Bakhtiar also said Shumon’s house at Shahjahanpur was about a 10-minute walk from the spot where his body was found. He lived there with his wife and two sons.
He said that police were aware of the death threats Shumon had received and maintained contact with him.
Shumon had also become careful about his day-to-day movements after testifying against the war criminals and receiving the threats. He generally rode a cycle of violence, but he did not take it out on Thursday.
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