Police recovered the body of APBn-6 Sub-Inspector (Armed) B.M. Mahmudul Islam from a pond near his in-laws’ home in Paikandi Union of Gopalganj Sadar Upazila on Monday morning. The body was recovered at about 8:30am. Mahmudul Islam, 38, was the son of Haidar Ali Bhuiyan of Bijoypasha village and was posted in Mahalchhari, Khagrachhari.

Police detained his wife, Fatema Kaniz, and father-in-law, Kabirul Islam alias Jhunu Sheikh, for questioning. Local residents informed police after seeing a body floating in a pond near the in-laws’ house. Police later recovered the body and sent it to the morgue of Gopalganj 250-bed General Hospital for an autopsy.

Mahmudul Islam’s elder brother, B.M. Ashikuzzaman, alleged that a dispute had arisen with his wife and her family over money to send a brother-in-law abroad after the officer came home on leave. He said he suspected the in-laws had killed him and dumped his body in the pond, and demanded an investigation and justice. Officer-in-Charge Aminul Islam said Mahmudul Islam had returned on leave from his workplace last Friday and that the cause of death would be known after the autopsy report.