Police have recovered the bodies of three unclaimed individuals, including a woman, from the Shahbagh Police Station area in the capital between Sunday afternoon and evening. All three bodies have been sent to the Dhaka Medical College morgue for post-mortem examinations.
According to Shahbagh Police Station Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Rajib, the body of an unidentified woman, aged approximately 35, was found dead on the street adjacent to the Emergency Department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital. Locals reported that she was a vagrant who lived around the hospital premises.
In another recovery, Shahbagh Police Station Sub-Inspector (SI) Mahmudul Hasan said that police retrieved the body of a 25-year-old youth named Rahat from inside Suhrawardy Udyan upon receiving information. Rahat was also a vagrant who resided in the park and reportedly died due to physical illness.
Meanwhile, Dhaka Medical Police Camp In-Charge Inspector Md Habibur Rahman informed that the body of an elderly man, aged around 70, was found dead beneath the pair of staircases between Wards 101 and 102 of the hospital’s Emergency Department. One of his legs had suffered from decomposition.
Police confirmed that all three bodies remain unclaimed. Shahbagh Police Station will take necessary legal action if no claimants come forward following the post-mortem examinations.
