Jumbangla Desk: Ansar battalion member killed in the attack in Jatrabari of the capital. The body of Nurunnabi (47) has been identified. His body was lying unidentified in Dhaka Medical College Hospital since August 6.

The body was handed over to Nurunnabi's wife Fatematuz Zohra and son Tajnoor Sifat on Monday (October 14) evening after the DNA test confirmed the identity.

Tajnur Sifat, son of deceased Nurunnabi, said that my father was posted at Jatrabari police station from Sakhipur Ansar Academy. On August 5, my father called me and said, 'The door of our police station has been closed, forgive me father'. Since then the communication with the father stopped.

He said, after that I could not find my father. Once I came to know that many unidentified dead bodies were brought to Dhaka Medical in burnt condition from Jatrabari. We give samples for DNA testing without identifying the body. Today we were informed that the DNA was matched with the body.

Tajnur Sifat said, what was the fault of my father who was brutally killed? My father was a member of a small battalion of Ansar.

Fatematuz Zohra, the wife of deceased Nurunnabi, said, "I have not had any contact with my husband since August 5." We did a lot of searching. I didn't know if he was alive or not. The DNA sample was given on September 17. Today, when we were informed by the police station, we identified the body of the husband.

Jatrabari police station sub-inspector (SI) Morshed Alam said that on August 5, many people died due to fire in Jatrabari police station. From there the body was sent to Dhaka Medical. The families of many could not identify the bodies. We then collect the DNA sample and send it to the forensic lab. His family's DNA matched with Nurunnabi's. The body was handed over to his family on Monday.

Nurunnabir's house is in Aswadia village of Sudharam Upazila of Noakhali. His father's name is Abdur Rab. He has three sons and daughters. He will be buried in the family cemetery after the funeral at the village house.