Missing elderly man found dead in Cumilla

Police on Saturday recovered the body of an elderly man, 24 hours after he went missing, from a pond beside Hasnabad bazar in Keari village of Monoharganj upazila in Cumilla, reports UNB.

The deceased is Mortuza Mia, 70, of Keari village in the upazila.

Locals said Mortuza went missing on Friday morning. Later on Saturday afternoon, his body was found floating in the pond.

Officer-in-charge of Monoharganj police station Md Anwar Hossain said the body had injury marks in the head and was sent to Cumilla Medical College Hospital for an autopsy.