Moon-Alert

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...

‘Where will I look for my son? In the jungle or in the water?’ Cumilla University teacher Nahida Nahid wrote on Facebook in distress after her son went missing. Searches were underway in different places. Many were hoping the child would return. After 20 hours, he was found in a jungle. However, he was found dead. Police said the body of Apratim (13), who had been missing since Friday afternoon, was recovered from a jungle adjacent to Cumilla University on Saturday afternoon. Rakibul Islam, offi...