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Published : 27 Apr 2026, 11:17 PM
Four suspects have confessed in court to murdering customs official Bulet Bairagi, whose body was found beside the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway in Cumilla.
The suspects -- Sohag, Emran, Rahat and Sujan, all identified wit a single name -- gave confessional statements before Senior Judicial Magistrate Abida Sultana Moly on Monday, said Additional Superintendent of Police Pankaj Barua.
The court also granted a three-day remand for another suspect Ismail Hossain Jony after investigating officer Titu Kumar Nath had sought 10 days for interrogation.
Bulet, 35, an assistant revenue officer at Bibirbazar Land Port, had been in Chattogram since Apr 11 to attend the 44th basic training course.
He went missing early on Saturday while returning to Cumilla after completing the programme.
According to his family, Bulet boarded a Dhaka-bound bus from Chattogram's Alankar Mor around 11pm Friday.
In his last phone call at 2:25am, he informed his family that he had reached the Tomsom Bridge intersection in Cumilla city.
His mother Nilima Bairagi noted a chilling detail: "His voice sounded unfamiliar during that final conversation."
When he failed to arrive home and his phone was found switched off, the family filed a police complaint at the Kotwali Model Police Station on Saturday morning.
Shortly after, police recovered his bloodied body from a footpath near a hotel in Kotbari.
While police reported no major trauma to the body, his face was bloodied, and his mobile phone, bag, and other personal belongings were missing.
Bulet, a resident of Tungipara in Gopalganj, had joined the Dhaka customs office through the 41st BCS batch. He lived with his parents, wife, and 1-year-old son in a rented house in Panpatti, Cumilla city.
Following the court proceedings on Monday, all four confessing suspects were sent to jail.
