Police have recovered the body of a former army member from a cigarette company’s storeroom on Baitush Sharaf Road in the Arambagh area under Khagrachhari district headquarters.
The deceased was identified as Saiful Islam Riyad, a former member of the Bangladesh Army’s 4 Bengal Unit.
His body was found hanging by the neck inside the storeroom on Baitush Sharaf Road in the Arambagh area of Khagrachhari district headquarters at around 6.50pm.
Local residents spotted the body and informed police, who rushed to the scene and recovered it.
According to preliminary information, Riyad had been working at the cigarette company’s storeroom after retiring from the army.
He was the son of Mansur Ahmed, 65, a retired SSD cook and resident of the Kalabagan area.
Riyad is survived by his wife and two daughters, Saifa, 4, and Raisa, 2.
Although suicide is initially suspected, police have yet to determine the actual cause of death.
Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Khagrachhari Police Station Kai Kislu said an investigation was under way and further details surrounding the death would emerge once it was completed.
