Pradeep Kumar Rat, Special Representative:
The four-time elected UP member and Aomi League leader Arifur Rahman Arif (48) of Kerota Uni of Rashtpur Upazila of Laxmipur District has been recovered from an abandoned paddy field of Madhupur village of Tarakanda Upazila near the 800m of the 800ms of Momansingh-Hallut next to the 800th Memonsingh-Hallu.
The deceased Arif was in Lamchari village of Laxmipur, a member of the local Aomi League and former joint convener of Ratapur Upazila Jubo League.
The family claims that it was a planned murder, the wife of the deceased, who had a local dispute with Arif over the UP elections, a day before the incident, unidentified persons called him from his home in Mirpur, Dhaka.
Tarakanda Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Tipu Sultan said, “Initially, it is believed that unknown persons have left the body in the paddy field next to the sam for dumping. It is not possible to tell the truth before the investigation report is received.”
The incident is still a smog or an accident, police are investigating the poison.
