Couple's bodies recovered in Naogaon

NAOGAON, Aug 14 (UNB): The bodies of a couple were recovered from a eucalyptus garden at Tulsirampur village in Manda upazila of Naogaon on Monday morning.
The deceased were Arif Hossain, 22, son of Abdul Karim, and Jhony Akter, 17, daughter of Hafizul Islam of Tulsirampur village.
Arif was a student of degree pass course and Jhony was a student of higher secondary level.
Locals said that love affair developed between the youth and the girl one year back and they wanted to get married with consent from the families who did not agree.
On Sunday night, they both came out of their houses to attend a wedding ceremony but didn't return home at night, they said.
Later in the morning, the bodies were found lying at the eucalyptus garden, around half kilometer off their houses.
Kazi Mozammel Hoque, officer-in-charge of Manda police station, said they recovered the bodies and sent those to Naogaon Sadar Hospital morgue for autopsy.