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Severed Hand Found Roadside in Bauphal, Panic Among Locals

Thursday, 12 November 2026, 4:06

Severed Hand Found Roadside in Bauphal, Panic Among Locals

Police have recovered a severed left hand and two legs packed in a sack belonging to an unidentified person from beside a madrasa road in Bauphal upazila of Patuakhali. The body parts were recovered on Thursday around 12 PM from Ponahura village in Kalishuri union of the upazila.

According to locals, people spotted the severed human hand lying by the road on the north side of Ponahura Islamia Salehia Fazil Madrasa and informed the police. Later, a team from Bauphal Police Station arrived at the scene, recovered the hand, and found the two legs from inside a sack a little distance away.

Such an incident has spread panic and concern among the local residents. Bauphal Police Station's Officer-in-Charge (OC) Sirajul Islam stated that the police are working on the matter and investigating to whom the hand belongs and whether any foul play was involved.

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