Sunamganj child goes missing while fishing, body recovered from Haor

“Cruel assailants killed him and left the body in the paddy field. They must be caught and given the strictest punishment,” says a local official

Police have recovered the bloodied body of a seven-year-old from a paddy field in a Haor in Sunamganj’s Doarabazar.

The victim, Abdullah Al Mamun, was the eldest son of Mostaq Ahmed, an expatriate living in South Korea, from Gopalpur-Srinathpur village in Mannargaon Union.

His body was recovered from the paddy field in the Haor near his house on Wednesday evening, said Sheikh Md Mursalin, senior assistant superintendent of police of the Chhatak-Doarabazar Circle.

Mamun was a student in second grade at Al Haramain Academy in Ambari Bazar.

Police and locals say that on Wednesday afternoon, Mamun went fishing with his cousin Hafizur Rahman in the Haor next to his house. At one point, Hafizur left Mamun there and returned home. When Mamun did not return home late into the evening, his family started a search for him.

Around 6pm, Mamun’s body was found lying in the paddy field owned by Nur Alam from the same village. The family then recovered the child’s body.

Jamal Uddin, a Ward No. 8 member of the Mannargaon Union council, said: "Mamun had bloody wounds on the back of his head, neck and back."

“Cruel assailants killed him and left the body in the paddy field. They must be caught and given the strictest punishment.”

ASP Mursalin said, “The body has been recovered and sent for a post-mortem. An investigation into the incident has also begun. The child’s killers will be found and brought to justice.”

After inspecting the scene, Doarabazar Police Station chief (OC) Tariqul Islam Talukder pledged to find Mamun’s killer.