Police recovered the body of a woman from the rail tracks in Dari Maliat area under Kushtia's Kumarkhali upazila on Saturday night. The deceased is Shammi Akter Samia, 20, daughter of Saidul Islam from Sherkandi area of Kumarkhali municipality of the district.
According to police, the woman used to make Tiktok videos. The body was recognised by her uncle and younger sister on Sunday noon.
"A case of unnatural death has been filed with Kumarkhali Police Station in this regard," said Tonmoy Bhattacharjee, Sub-Inspector (SI) of Poradah Railway Police Station.
The family of the deceased has been demanding that Samia did not commit suicide, rather she was murdered. Her mother Hasina Khatun said Samia went out to visit her aunt's house in Dari Maliat area at about 6:00pm on Saturday. But after she didn't return home by 8:00pm they started looking for her.
On Sunday morning, they went to the morgue of Kushtia General Hospital after learning that police had recovered a body the night before, she said. "There we found the severed body of our daughter," said the mother.
Md Imdadul Haque, Officer In-charge (OC) of Poradah Railway Police Station, said that they recovered Samia's body upon receiving information from local people. "The exact reason of the death will be known once the autopsy is done," said Imdadul.
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