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| -Lurid Crime Tales- |
| Publisher of a daily murdered |
| 2011-04-08 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] Police yesterday recovered the decomposed body of Hossain Altaf, publisher of now-defunct Dainik Bajrakontho, from inside the septic tank of his house in the capital's Uttara, nine days after he went missing. Altaf, 62, had been residing in his own one-story house on Road-11 of Sector-4. Law enforcers recovered his body around 12:30am and sent it to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) morgue for his appointment with Doctor Quincy, said Khandaker Rezaul Hasan, officer-in-charge (OC) of Uttara Police Station. According to police, some locals had been putting pressure on Altaf to sell the land on which his house stood. Last year they even held him for sometime and tried to grab the property from him forcibly. Later, Altaf filed a case against six people. After staying behind bars for sometime, some of them came out on bail. Police jugged two of them on Wednesday evening and recovered the body according to information provided by them, the OC mentioned. Morgue sources said the mouth of the victim was tied with polythene and a piece of cloth. There were cut marks on the throat. Syed Badrul Alam, brother-in-law of Altaf, told The Daily Star that he had a conversation with Altaf on the night of March 27. Caretaker of the house Jalal informed him that Altaf had been missing since the evening of March 28. Failing to trace him, they informed police about the matter, added Badrul. Altaf's wife and son live in Sweden. Jalal, along with a security guard, looked after the house. |
| Posted by:Fred |