‘Smuggler’ drowns while crossing Ichamati

Border Guard Bangladesh members recovered the body of an alleged smuggler from the Ichamati river along the Agrabhulot border in Jashore's Sharsha upazila yesterday.

Muhammad Khurshid Anwar, commander of 21 BGB Battalion, said they also seized 40 gold bars, weighing around 5.2kg, from the possession of deceased Moshiar Rahman, 55, of Harishchandrapur village in Sharsha upazila.

Moshiar drowned while crossing the river with gold bars attached to his body, said Moniruzzaman, officer-in-charge of Sharsha Police Station.

The body was sent to Jashore General Hospital morgue for an autopsy, he added.