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Bangladesh jewellery shop owner's body found inside floating drum; Hindu credit union token in pocket

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Mahajan, T. (2026, September 26). Bangladesh jewellery shop owner's body found inside floating drum; Hindu credit union token in pocket. Times of India. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/south-asia/bangladesh-jewellery-shop-owners-body-found-inside-floating-drum-hindu-credit-union-token-in-pocket/articleshow/134502587.cms

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Times of India · collected 2026-09-26 · by Trisha Mahajan

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Police in Bangladesh identified the body of 50-year-old jewellery shop owner Niranjan Chandra Sutradhar after it was found inside a floating drum near a sluice gate in Mymensingh on Wednesday. The identification was made possible by a token from a local Hindu credit union that was found in his pocket, leading investigators to contact the organization and confirm his identity with his family. Niranjan had gone missing on September 20, and police suspect he was killed before being placed in the drum; however, no arrests have been made and the motive remains unclear as of Friday morning.
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On Wednesday, the body of a 50-year-old jewelry shop owner named Niranjan Chandra Sutradhar was found floating inside a drum near a sluice gate in Mymensingh, Bangladesh. The body, wrapped in cloth, was identified after a token belonging to Mymensingh Hindu Cooperative Credit Union Limited was found in his pocket. Using the token, police contacted the credit union which confirmed Sutradhar’s identity. His wife, Sumita Rani Sutradhar, and son, Joy Sutradhar, identified the body on Thursday evening. The jewelry shop he owned was located in the Atharbari Building area of Mymensingh city. Sub-Inspector Ruhul Amin from the Kotwali Model Police Station provided details about how the identification process unfolded. This tragic incident has highlighted issues related to personal identification and community ties within small Bangladeshi towns.

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Bangladesh Kotwali Model Police Station Mymensingh Mymensingh Hindu Cooperative Credit Union Limited

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Niranjan PERSON · 5× Bangladesh GPE · 2× Mymensingh GPE · 2× Joy Sutradhar PERSON · 1× Kotwali GPE · 1× Model Police Station ORG · 1× Mymensingh Hindu Cooperative Credit Union Limited ORG · 1× Niranjan Chandra Sutradhar PERSON · 1× Ruhul Amin PERSON · 1× Sumita Rani Sutradhar PERSON · 1×

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Police contacted the organisation using the token, which helped establish the man's identity as Niranjan Chandra Sutradhar, who ran a jointly owned jewellery shop in the Atharbari Building area of Mymensingh city.
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The body of a 50-year-old jewellery shop owner found stuffed inside a drum floating near a sluice gate in Bangladesh's Mymensingh has been identified, police said. asserted
police → find → Mymensingh
The body was recovered on Wednesday after local residents spotted a drum floating in the water near the sluice gate in the Begunbari area. asserted
drum → recover → area
Police found the body of an unidentified man wrapped in cloth inside the drum. asserted
Police → find → drum
A token belonging to Mymensingh Hindu Cooperative Credit Union Limited was found in the trouser pocket of the body. asserted
token → belong → body
Police contacted the organisation using the token, which helped establish the man's identity as Niranjan Chandra Sutradhar, who ran a jointly owned jewellery shop in the Atharbari Building area of Mymensingh city. asserted
who → contact → city
Niranjan's wife, Sumita Rani Sutradhar, and son, Joy Sutradhar, identified his body on Thursday evening. asserted
wife → identify → evening
Kotwali Model Police Station Sub-Inspector Ruhul Amin said, "After receiving the token, the Mymensingh Hindu Cooperative Credit Union Limited was contacted. asserted
Limited → say → token
The people of the institution helped identify Niranjan after seeing the token. asserted
people → help → token
Later, his identity was confirmed by contacting the family," as quoted by Bangladesh's Daily Ittefaq newspaper. asserted
identity → confirm → newspaper
Niranjan lived with his wife and son in a rented house in the Stadium area. asserted
Niranjan → live → area
He went missing on September 20, but his family did not file a general diary as he had previously stayed away from home for three to four days before returning. asserted
he → go → days
Police said the body had sharp-weapon injury marks on the head and chest. asserted
body → say → head
Kotwali Model Police Station Officer-in-Charge Muhammad Shibirul Islam said, "It is initially believed that Niranjan was killed and his body was thrown into the water after being placed in a drum." asserted
body → say → drum
Police have not yet established who killed Niranjan or the motive in initial probe. asserted
who → establish → probe
No one had been arrested as of Friday morning. asserted
one → arrest → morning
A case had not been registered as of Thursday night, with police saying the process of filing a complaint on behalf of the family was under way. asserted
process → register → way
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