Missing BUET student’s body fished out of Padma

The body of a final-year student of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) was fished out of the Padma River on Friday, nearly after 24 hours he went missing.

The deceased was identified as Tariquzzaman Sunny.

Mostafa Kamal, officer-in-charge of Dohar police station, said that Sunny went missing while bathing in the river with three of his friends at Moinot Ghat in Dhaka’s Dohar upazila around noon on Thursday.

Members of the Fire Service fished out his body around 11:00am, he said.

A case of unnatural death has been filed in this regard and the body will be handed over to the deceased’s family after an autopsy, said OC Mostafa.