Apratim-murder

Police launched another drive against teen gangs in Cumilla, detaining 363 people on Friday. Additional Superintendent of Police Md Lutfur Rahman confirmed the matter on Saturday. District police and Detective Branch (DB) jointly executed the operation across 18 police stations led by Superintendent of Police Md Anisuzzaman. According to police and locals, public discussion and criticism of teen gang activity in Cumilla erupted following the murder of Apratim, the 13-year-old son of...

Police said Ishayat Shahriar Apratim was killed after he refused to hand over his iPhone. He was beaten with a bamboo stick. Cumilla Superintendent of Police Md. Anisuzzaman disclosed the information at a briefing on Sunday afternoon. The superintendent of police said, “First, we took Tuhin into custody as a suspect. After questioning him, we learned Fahad’s name. Later, Fahad disclosed Kamrul’s name.” Anisuzzaman said questioning revealed that the iPhone was at Tuhin’s house. Police went there...

“My only child. He grew up under the weather and sky of Cumilla with everyone’s love and affection. Please pray for him. May Allah grant him a place in heaven.” Standing in the janaza row and mourning the loss of his only child, Ishayat Shahriar Apratim, father K M Firoz Shahriar cried out in anguish. Relatives and neighbors present at the heartbreaking moment of bidding farewell to the 13-year-old boy could not hold back their tears either. The deceased Ishayat Shahriar Apratim was the...

Thirteen-year-old Apratim left home on Friday afternoon carrying his mother’s iPhone. There has been no trace of him since. His mother may never have imagined that this would be the last time she saw her son. The afternoon passed into evening and the evening into night. But the boy did not return home. Time kept passing as his family waited for the phone to ring and hoped to hear Apratim’s voice on the other end. Where had he gone? Who was he with? When would he return? Unknown fears grip...

Shahria Anas had made a Facebook post about schoolboy Apratim several hours before he was detained in connection with the boy’s murder in Cumilla. In the post, Anas also recalled his introduction to the boy and their conversations.Police have detained four people, including Anas, in connection with Apratim's murder. On Saturday (September 19) afternoon, Apratim's body was recovered from an isolated forest in the Lalmai hills in Sananda village under Bijoypur Union of Cumilla Sadar...

‘Where will I look for my son? In the jungle or in the water?’ Cumilla University teacher Nahida Nahid wrote the words on Facebook in despair after her son went missing. A search for him was underway at various locations. Many had hoped the child would return. After 20 hours, he was found in a jungle, but not alive. Nahida’s Facebook post began circulating on social media from Friday night and Saturday morning. After failing to find Apratim despite searching nearby areas, his father filed...