Shawdesh desk:

Police recovered the decomposed body of a third grader, who had gone missing 25 days ago, from an old grave at Taltala Bara graveyard in Chuadanga early Monday.

The deceased was identified as Abu Huraira, son of Abdul Barek of Chuadanga town. He was a student of Chuadanga VJ Govt High School, UNB reports.

Md Mohsin, officer-in-charge (OC) of Chuadanga Sadar Police Station, said the schoolboy went missing on January 19 after going out for tuition.

His father Abdul Barek filed a case at the Chuadanga Sadar Police Station against five people on January 25. Police arrested his private tutor Ranju and his brother Manju in this connection.

Later on Sunday evening, police arrested two others including Abdul Momin, the deceased’s neighbour.

Based on the arrestees’ information, police recovered the decomposed body of Huraira from an old grave in Taltola Bara graveyard in Chuadanga around 2am on Monday, said Sukhendu Basu, officer-in-charge (OC-Operation) of Chuadanga Police Station.

The body was sent to Chuadanga Sadar Hospital morgue, said OC Sukhendu.

Investigation is underway in this regard, he added.