Advocate’s body recovered from rented room in Lalbagh

Police recovered the body from a room on the second floor of a house at 10/2, Fala Mosque Lane in Shahid Nagar-3 of Lalbagh and later sent it to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy.

Lalbagh Division Deputy Commissioner Talebur Rahman said locals had seen Anwar on Thursday.

“Initially, it is suspected that he died either Thursday night or Friday,” he said, adding that he was living alone there.

Police were informed on Saturday morning after a foul smell was noticed coming from the room, the DC said.

The actual cause of death will be known after receiving the post-mortem report, he added.

According to house owner Monir Hossain, Anwar had rented the room earlier this month for Tk 4,000 a month and lived there alone.

A CID forensic team collected various pieces of evidence from the scene.

Police also found an address — 312 Jagannath Saha Road — on Anwar’s driving licence and contacted his relatives.

Talebur Rahman, along with additional deputy commissioner and the officer-in-charge of Lalbagh Police Station, visited the scene.

The body was subsequently sent to the forensic department morgue of Dhaka Medical College Hospital for autopsy, reports UNB.