Staff Reporter :
The body of Hafizur Rahman, a student of Dhaka University who was missing for the last seven days, was found at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital morgue on Sunday.
Hafizur’s elder brother identified the body on Sunday evening. He was a student of batch 15-16 of the Department of Informatics and Library Management at DU.
He was also the general secretary of Mime Action, a cultural organisation of the university. According to family sources, Hafizur came to Dhaka from his village home in Brahmanbaria the day after Eid last Saturday. He informed his family about his arrival over phone. But from that night his phone was found switched off by his family.
When his family was unable to locate his whereabouts even after searching for him, they filed a GD at the Kasba Police Station in Brahmanbaria.
Later, the news of his disappearance was reported to Shahbagh Police Station.
Hafizur’s elder brother Habibur Rahman went to Shahbagh Police Station on Sunday where he was informed about an unidentified body found from the Shaheed Minar area on Saturday night.
Later, Hafizur’s brother identified him among some other unidentified bodies at the DMCH morgue. According to the autopsy report, there were signs of injuries on various parts of his body.
Hafizur’s elder brother Habibur Rahman told the media that his brother had an accident in the Shaheed Minar area. He hung up the phone right after.
Shahbagh Police Officer-in-Charge Mamun ur Rashid told the media, “On Saturday night around 8:30 pm, we received a report that a man had stabbed himself in the neck in Shaheed Minar area.
“After that, police went to the spot and took him to DMCH with the help of pedestrians where doctors declared him dead.
