A Correspondent:
Rangpur: Police recovered the bodies of a woman and a teenager from separate locations in Kaunia and Mithapukur upazilas of Rangpur on Sunday morning.
The deceased were identified as Aminul Islam Akash, 16, a ninth-grade student, and Tahmina Khatun, a resident of Sardarpara in the Fatangtari area of Haragach.
Ruhul Amin, officer-in-charge of Mithapukur Police Station, said Akash’s body was found beside a road in Mithapukur.
Later, the body was sent to Rangpur Medical College Hospital morgue for an autopsy to determine the cause of death.
In Kaunia, locals spotted Tahmina’s body floating in a pond near a local Jame Mosque and informed police. Officers later recovered the body.
According to local sources, Tahmina had been suffering from mental health problems for a long time. Her family had also made public announcements in the area seeking help to find her.
Sub-Inspector Ramzan Ali of Kaunia Police Station said police had contacted the woman’s family. Since the family has no complaints, the body will be handed over following due procedure, he said.
