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have surfaced across the media.
Sub-Inspector Shamsur Rahman of the police station said that Fatima’s husband, who was also a university teacher, passed away seven to eight years ago. She has no children of her own.
When police and locals visited, the apartment, particularly the victim’s room, was found in an extremely squalid and unhygienic condition.
The incident has sparked outrage among neighbours.
Around 10 to 12 locals were seen protesting in front of the building yesterday, demanding a thorough investigation and punishment for the deceased’s children.
Speaking to The Daily Star, Syed Mohammad Hasan Palash, a neighbour and local mosque committee leader, said some youths went to the local mosque to fetch a funeral bier after Maghrib prayers on Sunday.
When asked who had passed away, they evaded the question, prompting Palash and a few others to follow them to the apartment.
“We had to force our way in.”
Describing the scene, Palash said the woman’s room was reeking of a foul odour, completely dark, and littered with garbage. A video recorded by him showed the floor blackened with accumulated dirt and waste scattered all around.
He alleged that the body appeared to have been decomposing for over a week and that the elderly woman had apparently been starved and deprived of basic medical treatment.
The OC, however, said the daughter claimed her mother died on Sunday and that she had given her a packet of food just the day before.
Following an autopsy at Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital on Monday, morgue sources corroborated the daughter’s timeline. They told this newspaper that the body was relatively fresh and had not undergone significant decomposition.
Morgue sources suspect a localised decay occurred because the bedridden woman had been lying on the same side for a prolonged period.
Following the autopsy, police handed the body over to the family.
When this correspondent visited the Mirpur house yesterday, no one answered the door despite repeated ringing of the doorbell. The victim’s daughter and sons also could not be reached for comment by phone despite repeated attempts.
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where doctors worked through the early morning to save him.
But the 25-year-old died around 7:30am.
Abu Jafar, station officer of Bhanga Fire Service, said rescue workers faced significant challenges as the car had become lodged underneath the truck.
Shibchar Highway Police Station Officer-in-Charge Md Mizanur Rahman said the vehicles involved had been seized and legal procedures were underway.
For relatives in Baliadanga village, the accident was a devastating shock. What was meant to be a joyous homecoming for a son from abroad instead turned into mourning for four loved ones.