The hanging bodies of two youths were recovered from a same tree at Kaliakair upazila of Gazipur on Tuesday morning.
The deceased were identified as Riyad Hossain, 23, son of Abdul Razzak, and Adil Shah Jashim, 23, son of Helal Sheikh, hailing from Pachbaria village of Islampur upazila in Jamalpur district. They were friends and used to work together.
The two friends used to live with their families in Mouchak Ice Market area under the upazila and were workers of a shoe manufacturing factory.
Police and family members said Riyad and Jashim had been missing since Monday afternoon and could not be traced till night.
Locals spotted the bodies – hanging from a tree – in the Ice Market area in the morning.
Sub-inspector Shahidul Islam, an in-charge of Mouchak police outpost, said on information they rushed to the spot and recovered the bodies.
The bodies were sent to Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmad Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsies, he said.
The reason behind the death, whether it was a murder or suicide, will be known after getting the autopsy reports, the in-charge added.
Source: Dhaka Tribune
