Police recovered the body of a college student, who went missing on July 12, from a canal at Bauphal upazila of Patuakhali district on Friday afternoon.
The deceased was Hridoy Kabiraj, 22, son of Harendra Nath Kabiraj, a resident of Daspara village under Daspara union of the upazila. He was a 12th garder of Nabarun Survey And Polytechnic Institute.
According to the deceased’s family members, Hridoy went out from his house in the evening on July 11 and didn’t return home. The next day at around 9am, Hridoy called his father and said that he went to Patuakhali. After that, they could not contact with him as his phone was switched off.
On July 13, Hridoy’s father lodged a general diary with Bauphal Police Station.
Bauphal Police Station officer-in-charge ATM Arichul Haque said locals saw the body was floating in the canal of the area and informed police at around 11.45am on Friday (July 28).
Being informed, police rcovered the body and sent it to a hospital morgue for autopsy.
“Though the deceased’s family members are claiming that it is Hridoy’s body but PBI and CID are also trying to find out the identities of the deceased,” he said.
Actual reason behind the death would be known after autopsy and legal actions would be taken after investigation, the OC added.
