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Photo: Rescued human bones and skull, Bappi in inset.
Kotwali police in Mymensingh arrested a man named Bappi along with 12 human skulls and two bags of bones from a rented house on Ramkrishna Mission Road in the city. The skulls and bones were recovered early Sunday morning. Chemicals that cause rapid decomposition in the human body have also been recovered from the detainee’s home.
The locals are shocked by such incidents. On Sunday afternoon, he went to the RK Mission Road area of the city and spoke with the locals.
A local named Qayyum said that the two-story veranda of Bappi’s house was completely covered with a curtain. The windows of the house were never seen open.
Another person named Abul Kalam said he did not see Bappi leave the house. But he stayed up many nights. The lights in his house were on until 3 or 4 at night. We had no idea there would be so much inside.
Kotwali Model Police Station OC Firoz Talukder said members of the skeleton theft ring had been collecting bodies from graves and selling them at exorbitant prices. Upon receiving such information, Bappi was arrested along with 12 skulls and two sacks of bones in a raid on a house in the RK Mission Road area of the city on Saturday night.
During initial police questioning, Bappi said the skeletons were stored in that house. From there they were smuggled to different locations.
Members of the skeleton theft ring used to dig graves in different cemeteries in the district and upazila and steal the bodies and send them to Bappi. Bappi used to separate the bones from the rotten meat by using chemicals in a secluded place, in a deep forest or in a mountainous place. After removing the meat, it was washed and cleaned with hot water. Later he would hand it over to the dealer. Through them, the skeleton could be transported to neighboring Nepal and India, including medical students, teachers and doctors.
Bappi was questioned and seven names were found. OC Firoz Talukder said that efforts were being made to arrest them.
When asked how the detainees collected so many skulls and bones, he said they had a cycle. We have a few more names. These are collected from cemeteries in different parts of the country.
There are reports that bones are often stolen from graves in Bangladesh. There have also been several arrests for stealing skeletons from graves. There are also cases of theft of unclaimed bodies from the hospital.
Although skeletons are required for student education and research in medical colleges in Bangladesh, there is no specific policy in the country.
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