Missing schoolboy found dead in Gazipur swamp

A schoolboy who went missing on Wednesday has been found dead in a swamp in Kaliakoir Upazila of Gazipur.

Gazipur Correspondentbdnews24.com
Published : 28 Oct 2016, 07:27 AM
Updated : 28 Oct 2016, 08:16 AM

Identified as Pranto Saha, the deceased was an eighth grade student at a local school in Chapair area.

Kaliakoir police Sub-Inspector Md Ashrafuzzaman told bdnews24.com local fishermen spotted the body in Sonadia swamp around 11pm on Thursday.

The body bore marks of injury on the shoulder and neck.

Pranto has been missing ever since his maternal cousin Shubho Saha took him out on Wednesday night, SI Ashrafuzzaman said quoting members of the victim's family.

Pranto's father filed a general diary with Kaliakoir Police Station on Thursday evening.

Shubho and another local boy Dipto Saha have been detained for interrogation, said SI Ashrafuzzaman.

Police sent the body to Shahid Tajuddin Ahmed Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy, he added.