Four men found dead on Narayanganj highway were shot in the head: Doctor

The four men found dead along the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway in Narayanganj’s Arhaihazar were shot in the head from the back, a doctor has said after a post-mortem examination.

Narayanganj Correspondentbdnews24.com
Published : 21 Oct 2018, 09:54 PM
Updated : 21 Oct 2018, 09:54 PM

Police said the four were found dead next to the highway in the Panchrukhi area, two on either side of the highway, on Sunday.

All four had bloody wounds on the back of their heads, but no other injuries elsewhere, according to the police.

After the autopsy, Narayanganj General Hospital’s doctor Md Asaduzzaman told the media that the wounds were inflicted by firearms and a shotgun was used to kill three of them.

They were killed sometime in the night, he added.

One of the dead has been identified as Lutfor Rahman Molla, 37, a driver from Rampura in Dhaka, by his wife Reshma Begum.

She could not identify the three others.

Reshma said her husband went out for a trip on Friday night and had been missing since then.

She also claimed Lutfor, a father of two, was not involved in any criminal activities.

Police believe the killings were ‘gangland violence’.

Abdullah Al Mamun, additional superintendent of police, said they seized bullets, two pistols and a microbus from the scene.

“Our initial investigation, which found pistols and bullets at the scene, suggests that an altercation between gangs or criminals may have led to the deaths,” the police officer said.

He also said the law enforcers were trying to find out the owner of the microbus by using its registration number.