Khulna Live: Police recovered the body of a student, who was allegedly abducted by fellows, was found in one of the classrooms of his school in Dumuria upazila of Khulna district on Friday.

 

The deceased Nirob Mandal, 13, son Shekhar Mandal, and was a student of class-VIII in Gutudia ACGB Secondary School.

 

Police also detained five students, aged between 12 to 15 years, of the same school for questioning.  They are student of Class-IX -- Sohel, Hirok Roy, Pintu Mondal, Piyal Roy of class-X, Deep Mandal of class-VI.

 

Sheikh Koni Mia, officer-in-charge of Dumuria Police Station, said after the classes of second shift on Thursday afternoon, Piyal Roy called Nirob and taken him to a abandoned house near to the school and locked him there.

 

Later, Sohel contacted Nirob’s father over phone from two separate numbers and demanded Tk 30 lakh ransom. Both of them locked in altercation over the issue.

 

The agitated boys than allegedly strangled Nirob to death and hanged the body from the ceiling fan of a classroom. The victim’s father immediately informed the Dumuria Police Station and also registered a general diary.

 

Getting the compliant, police using the tech surveillance traced out numbers and detained Sohel from Zero Point area of Khulna around 12am on Friday.