Police recovered the body of a 40-year-old patient from the bathroom of the medicine ward of Shariatpur General Hospital on Saturday morning after he had been missing for two days.
The deceased is Babul Bepari, son of Ali Bepari, of Purba Toyka area of Muladi upazila of Barishal.
According to the patient鈥檚 relatives and hospital, Babul was admitted to Shariatpur General Hospital on Thursday afternoon with breathing difficulties. He was accompanied by his mother Rokeya Begum. Late at night, Rokeya Begum fell asleep and woke up the next day to find her son missing from his bed. She searched for him in the hospital and informed the nurses about the matter.
However, as he remained missing, Rokeya Begum returned to their village home on Friday morning. She came back to the hospital in the afternoon to continue the search for her son. On Saturday morning, other patients found Babul lying on the bathroom floor and informed the hospital authorities. Later, police came and recovered the body.
鈥楳y uncle had been missing since Thursday night. If he went to the bathroom and died, then the bathroom wasn鈥檛 cleaned for two days. If it had been cleaned, we would have found him earlier. Instead of searching for him, they sent my grandmother home, saying he was missing. We demand justice for this incident,鈥� said Babul鈥檚 niece Hena Akhter.
The body was sent for post-mortem, the additional superintendent of Shariatpur police Ahsan Habib.
鈥楴o written complaint has been filed by the victim鈥檚 family. Legal action will be taken if a complaint is filed,鈥� added the police official.
