A Bangladeshi student, who had gone missing for 10 days in Cyprus’s Larnaca, was found dead, with local police recovering his decomposed buried body, family claims.The victim, Shahriar Ahmed Imon, 22, was a resident of Lochanpur village under Uttar Bakhar Nagar Union of Raipura upazila in Narsingdi. He was the son of Nasir Mia, a Bangladeshi expatriate living in Greece.Cyprus police have arrested a Bangladeshi national, identified as Shahin Babu, 22, in connection with the killing.
Family members alleged that although Shahriar had already been murdered and buried, unidentified individuals continued using his WhatsApp account over the 10-day period to demand ransom from them.According to relatives, Shahriar went missing on the night of June 11 after leaving Oroklini to join a new job in Larnaca. His body was recovered on Sunday from an area in Kofinou, Larnaca.
Family members claimed Shahriar’s body and the knife allegedly used in the murder were recovered based on information provided by the suspect. However, the accused’s permanent address in Bangladesh has not yet been confirmed.
Family members said Shahriar had enrolled in a university in Cyprus through an online admission process while still in Bangladesh. He travelled to the Mediterranean country on a student visa around three months ago and had been living in the Oroklini area of Larnaca.
