Overview
- Police opened an investigation and sent the body for autopsy, saying they have not yet determined whether the death was a murder or a suicide.
- According to police and local residents, two unidentified men took Nayan Sadhu from his home on April 19th and his body was found hanging from a tree three days later in a hilly area near the village.
- The body was recovered in a decomposed state, an unnamed police official was quoted as saying in local media.
- The Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council and local puja leaders condemned the death and demanded immediate arrests and exemplary punishment, with some leaders arguing the facts point to murder.
- Sadhu, 40, was a caretaker-priest at a Shivakali temple in Cox’s Bazar, and his death comes as the Unity Council reports 133 communal incidents this year and as police separately detain four suspects in a Hindu customs official’s death in Cumilla.