Trader’s body found
Police recovered the body of an elderly man from Updakhali river at Sandhahawla village in Netrakona’s Kalmakanda upazila yesterday.
The deceased, Abul Hashim Khan, 70, a bamboo trader, was son of late Abdul Aziz Khan of Paikpara village in the upazila.
Quoting the deceased’s family members, Officer in Charge (OC) of Kalmakanda Police Station Mohammad Mazharul Karim said Hashim fell into the river from a bamboo-laden boat while he was on his way to Kalmakanda upazila headquarters from home on Sunday night and remained missing since then.
Local people spotted Hashim’s body floating in the river yesterday noon and informed police, who recovered the body from Sandhahawla area and handed it over to the deceased’s family members, the OC said.
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