Moulvibazar (Srimangal) Correspondent //

The police have solved the mystery of the murder of college student Hridoy Ahmed Yasin (19) in Srimangal in Moulvibazar district. Tomtom driver Kajal Mia (20) and nut seller Sirajul Islam (21) involved in the incident have been arrested. In addition, evidence used in the murder has been recovered from the arrested.

The main house of the arrested Kajal Mia is in Kuliarchar Dariyakandi village of Kishoreganj and Siraj’s main house is in Rajapur village of Sarail upazila of Brahmanbaria district. Both of them were living in a rented house in Shahibagh area of Srimangal suburb. Police said they were drug addicts.

The deceased Hridoy Ahmed Yasin was a class 11 student of Kamalganj Government College and worked as a WiFi operator in the Kalighat Road area of Srimangal. He got addicted to online gambling and got into debt for money borrowed from a friend. The arrested persons admitted in the initial interrogation that the murder was committed due to a dispute.

Moulvibazar District Police Superintendent M. K. H. Jahangir Hossain, PPM-Service, gave this information at a press conference organized by the district police on Sunday (July 14) afternoon. Additional Police Superintendent (Crime and Ops) Noble Chakma, Officer-in-Charge of Srimangal Police Station Md. Aminul Islam were present at the time.

Police said at the press conference that on the morning of July 7, Srimangal Police recovered Hridoy’s body tied with a belt under a tree in the Kakiachhara Tea Garden Section 1 area of Kalighat Union of Srimangal Upazila. After identifying the body, Srimangal Police registered a case No. 14, Section 302/201/34 against unknown accused.

Later, during interrogation, Police Superintendent M. K. H Jahangir Hossain, PPM-Seba, under the direction of Additional Superintendent of Police (Crime and Ops) Noble Chakma and Assistant Superintendent of Police (Srimangal Circle) Anisur Rahman, a special investigation team was formed under the leadership of Officer-in-Charge of Srimangal Police Station Aminul Islam. The location of the two accused was identified based on the city’s CCTV footage, IT analysis and secret information.
Later, a drive was conducted in Rajapur area of Brahmanbaria district under the leadership of SI Alok Bihari Gun and SI Md. Mohibur Rahman and two people were arrested. The towel used in the murder, school bag, victim’s mobile and motorcycle were recovered from the confessions of the arrested.

During interrogation of the arrested, it was learned that Kajal owed about 22 thousand taka to the victim Hridoy. Later, the dispute escalated over the fact that she was taken to Dhaka with the promise of a job and the money owed was not returned. The murder plan was hatched out of anger over these two issues. On July 6, around 11 pm, Kajal and Siraj took Hridoy to the tea garden as planned. At around 11:20 pm, Hridoy had an argument with Kajal and Siraj about their money in Section 1 of Kakiachhara Tea Garden. At one stage of the argument, a scuffle broke out. Then Kajal and Siraj took a towel out of their bags and strangled Hridoy. One of them held his hands and feet. When Hridoy was sure that he was dead, they tied his pants belt around his neck and hung him from a tree as if he had committed suicide. Then, around midnight, they took Hridoy’s mobile phone and motorcycle and went to a shop named Morshed next to the Sakhina CNG pump on Habiganj Road. There, they sold the mobile phone for just 250 taka and fled with the motorcycle to Nana’s house in Rajapur village of Sarail police station in Brahmanbaria district.

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