Published On: 2009-03-09
Metropolitan
Army captain's death in hotel still shrouded in mystery
Courtesy Daily star 9/3/09 Staff Correspondent
Mystery behind the death of army captain SM Rajibul Huq Himel, whose body was recovered from the city's Razmoni Isa Khan Hotel on Saturday, is yet to be unearthed.
Police said they could not ascertain whether it was a suicide or a killing.
Sub-Inspector (SI) of Ramna police station Imtiaz Kabir told The Daily Star that they are waiting for the autopsy report from Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) morgue to know the reason behind the death.
Police are trying to find out the reason why captain Himel hid his name and address while checking in the hotel, he said.
DMCH morgue sources said there were stab injuries to both his wrists and his heels, knees and face bones were found broken.
SI Imtiaz said captain Himel checked in the hotel in disguise of a trader identifying himself Istiak Ahmed of Halishahar of Chittagong hiding his city's Shantinagar address.
While contacted Himel's cousin Khurshid Nur Alam Tamal said Himel was scheduled to go to Bogra by bus from Rajarbagh bus counter at 12:00 noon on Saturday.
“Himel asked the driver of his private car, carrying him for Rajarbagh bus counter from his Shantinagar residence about 11:30 am on the day, to go back leaving him at Rajmoni Isa Khan Hotel instead of the counter,” Tamal said.
Police recovered the body of the captain from the garage of the hotel in the evening though he checked in room No. 903 on its ninth floor.
Himel had been participating in a training programme at Bogra cantonment since last January after he was posted at Khulahati in Rangpur cantonment. He came to
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