The body of a mosque Khadem was found stuffed in a sack inside an abandoned room of Mohammad Hanif Jam-e-Mosque in the capital’s Azimpur area early Thursday.
The deceased was identified as Hanif, 45, caretaker of Mohammad Hanif Jam-e-Mosque.
The law enforcers picked up three of his roommates for interrogation in connection with the murder, police said.
Lalbagh Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) KM Ashraf Uddin said that they recovered the body from an abandoned room on the first floor of Mayor Mohammad Hanif Jam-e-Masjid near Azimpur graveyard around 12:30am.
Some injury marks were found on the victim’s abdomen, said Lalbagh Police Station Sub-Inspector (SI) Abdul Quader.
He might have been killed for personal rivalry, the police official said.
The body was, later, sent to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) morgue for autopsy, he said.
According to locals, Hanif, who joined the mosque as an Khadem just two months back. Four people shared a room on the second floor of the mosque. He was missing since evening prayers on the day.
The mosque authorities began searching for him after they found his phone unreachable. They discovered the body wrapped in a gunnysack in a storeroom next to the room they lived in on the second floor and informed the police.
