OUR CORRESPONDENT, Bogura

A man’s body has been found in a pond after he allegedly stabbed police officers at Saghata Police Station in Gaibandha.

Police said the man, Md Siju Mia, 21, from Baguria village of Gaibandha Sadar, died “after jumping into the pond” while trying to escape after attacking police.

Siju, a student of a local college, launched the attack on Thursday night reportedly after police refused to file a general diary over his lost mobile phone.

His body was recovered from the pond by Fire Service and Civil Defence personnel yesterday morning, said Mashiur Rahman, sub-inspector of Saghata Police Station.

Bidroho Kumar Kundu, additional superintendent of police of Gaibandha’s A-Circle, said Siju first came to Saghata Police Station at 8:40pm on Thursday to file a GD for a lost mobile phone.

The duty officer asked him for some information, including the phone’s IMEI number. He couldn’t

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