Opratim killing: Comilla University students block Dhaka-CTG highway

Comilla University students blocked the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway in the Kotbari area of Cumilla on Sunday, demanding justice for the killing of school student Ishayat Shahriar Opratim.

Opratim, 13, was the only son of Dr Nahida Begum, an associate professor of the Bengali Department at Comilla University.

He went missing on Friday afternoon after leaving his rented home in the Gandhamati area of Kotbari, Cumilla. He had taken his mother’s iPhone with him, telling his family that he was going to take photographs with friends.

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Police say mystery behind Opratim killing largely solved

Opratim was a seventh-grade student at Border Guard Public School.

After he went missing, police began searching various locations and reviewing CCTV footage.

Later, Opratim’s body was recovered from an isolated forest in Lalmai Hill in Sananda village under Sadar South upazila.

There were signs of injury to his head.