Police have detained a vagrant man in connection with the recovery of two burnt bodies from an abandoned municipal community centre in Savar, near Dhaka. Dhaka District Police Additional Superintendent (Crime, Ops and Traffic North) Arafatul Islam disclosed the information at a press conference at Savar Model police station around 11am on Monday. He said police have recovered six bodies in Savar over the past five months. Two months later, on December 19, another unidentified man (around 35) was found dead in a bathroom of the same building. Suspect identified through CCTVPolice said investigations began immediately after each incident, with Savar Model police station and the Detective Branch jointly conducting probes.

Source: Dhaka Tribune January 19, 2026 09:00 UTC