Pro-BNP lawyer found dead in Ctg
A pro-BNP lawyer was found dead in his rented flat of a house at West Bakalia in Chittagong city this morning.
Deceased was Omar Faruk Bappi, 34, member of Chittagong Bar Council and Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Forum, Jahangir Alam, Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) assistant commissioner, told The Daily Star.
His home district is in Lama upazila of Bandarban district, police aid.
The deceased along with a woman, identifying herself his wife, rented the ground floor of three-storey building on KB Aman Ali road in the area on Wednesday, said the police officer.
A security guard of the building found the entrance door of the ground floor flat open round 6:00am today.
The guard entered the flat and found the tied-up body of Bappi.
Unidentified criminals cut off his penis, the police official said.
On information, police and the members of crime scene unit of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) rushed to the spot, added AC Jahangir Alam.
Police suspected that the victim was strangulated to death last night.
However, the woman went into hiding after the incident, he said.
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