The body of college student Suman Mia, who went missing on November 4, was recovered after digging earth in Sajobkhila area under Sherpur Sadar upazila, said police on Tuesday morning.
The body was recovered from a yard of a policeman鈥檚 house after digging earth on late Monday, said district superintendent of police Md Aminul Islam.
He informed that they had so far arrested three people in this connection and would produce them before a court on Tuesday.
The arrested are 鈥� Nazrul Islam, a resident of Bagrakosa area of Sherpur city, her daughter Anni Aktar, 19, and the policeman鈥檚 son Rabin Mia, 20.
The deceased Suman was son of farmer Md Nazrul Islam of Kosba Barakpara area of Sadar upazila and a Class XI student of Sherpur Government College.
According to the case deposition, Anni Aktar, a classmate of the victim, sought to start an affair with Suman who rejected it a few days back.
On November 4, Anni along with two to three youths abducted Suman on his way home from the college in Bagrakosa Kazibari Pukurpar, according to the case.
Later, Suman鈥檚 father filed a general diary with the Sadar police station.
With the help of technology and intelligence, the law enforcers found involvement of the three in the abduction and arrested them, said the SP.
During the primary interrogation, the arrested admitted the kidnapping and the body was recovered from the yard upon their statements, the police super said.
Aminul Islam informed that they detected Suman鈥檚 last location in Mymensingh on Sunday and since then his mobile phone was found switched off.
Sadar police station鈥檚 officer-in-charge Md Jubaidul Alam said that the body was sent to Sadar Hospital morgue for post-mortem examinations.
Local people said that there was a relationship between Suman and Anni. The relationship started deteriorating when Anni鈥檚 family set her marriage with another man recently.
