The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

Body of a private bank official has been recovered by police from Sheraton Hotel in the city.

Police is investigating whether the official was murdered or he himself committed suicide. Ramna Police said they recovered the body of Riz Thakur, senior officer of Mohakhali branch of Prime Bank Ltd. His wife claimed the death as murder.

According to police, Riz Thakur got into the Suite No. 507 of Dhaka Sheraton Hotel at night on November 1. He was a resident of Green Villa, Flat No. B-3, House No. 41, Road No. 123, Gulshan. Earlier, he booked the suite for three days. He was scheduled to be checked out at 12:00 noon on Saturday. As the guest did not leave out of his room, an employee of the hotel knocked the door in the evening. Receiving no response from inside the room, the Sheraton Hotel authorities informed the Ramna police about the matter. Later, police went to the Sheraton Hotel. The lock of the room was broken in presence of police at about 11:30pm and the body of the bank official was recovered from the room. At that time some pathedrine injections and sleeping pills along with disposable syringes were recovered from the room.

The body was later sent to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital morgue for postmortem.

Victim's wife Jesmine Ara Huque filed a murder case with the Ramna Police Station at about 10:00am yesterday. Riz Thakur's father Dr Shahjahan Thakur, younger brother Rubayat Thakur and relative Ishtiaque Ahmed were present.

Riz's father claimed that his son was "killed in a pre-planned way."

Sub-Inspector Mehedi Masud of Ramna Police Station said police was yet to confirm whether it was a case of murder or suicide.

He said a diary was also recovered from the spot. "After examining these evidences we will decide how we will conduct investigations," he said.