Police recovered the body of a businessman from a pond near his house at Fatikchhari upazila in Chittagong district yesterday, a day after he went missing.

Son of late Azizul Haque, Moinuddin, 27, who was in pipe fitting business, set off for work on Tuesday morning and did not return home in Dakhain Rangamatiya area, said police, quoting his family.

Police sent the body with sab injuries in the abdomen to Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) morgue for autopsy.