Police recover two brothers' bullet-hit bodies in Jashore

FE Team | Published: September 17, 2018 00:05:47

JASHORE, Sept 15 (UNB): Police recovered the bullet-hit bodies of two brothers from Sharsha and Keshabpur upazilas on Sunday morning.
The victims are Azizul Haq (45) and Faruk Hossain (50), sons of late Jeher Ali of Jamtola in Sharsha upazila.
Another bother of the victims, Shaidul Islam, said the duo remained missing since they left home for going to a local bazaar on Saturday evening.
Later, they informed Sharsha police of the matter.
Moshiur Rahman, officer-in-charge (OC) of Sharsha thana, said it is suspected that there was a gunfight between two groups of drug traders that left Azizul dead on the spot.
On information, a team of police went to Samta village and recovered the body and sent it to Jashore Medical College and Hospital for autopsy. Azizul was accused in several narcotics-related cases, the OC added.
Being informed by locals, police recovered the body of Faruk from Rampur area, said Mohammad Shahin, OC of Keshabpur thana.
Police found an injury mark on the neck of the victim and said it was not a bullet wound.
Sohel identified the two bodies at Jashore General Hospital, police said.
Sohel claimed his brother Azizul was a soil trader and he lost his two hands in a bomb blast long ago.