Chittagong University student posing as willing tenant found dead at flat to rent

A Chittagong University student has been found dead with his hands and feet tied with rope after going to rent a flat in the port city.

Three others had been seen with him and police were looking for them, Bayejid Bostami Police Station OC Md Mohsin said on Thursday.

Md Alauddin, 23, was a post graduate student at the university’s Bangla department. His father and brother from Hathazari Upazila identified the body at Chittagong Medical College mortuary.  

Alauddin’s body was found in the third floor toilet of a four-storey building in West Shahid Nagar on Wednesday night, said the OC.

“The hands and feet of the body were tied with rope. Initial investigation suggests a rope was used to choke him to death.”

According to the landlord, three men and a young woman had come to the house and asked to look at a flat on the third floor, claiming they were interested in renting it.

“They said the flat was to their liking and the pregnant wife of one of the men told the landlord they wished to move in immediately. The woman and two of the men then left, saying they would return with the furniture. They told the landlord one of them would remain behind to clean the flat.”

The body was found that night by the landlord’s wife.

“The landlord’s wife found the door open and, not hearing any signs of life, entered the flat. She then found the body in the toilet and called police,” the OC said.