An elderly man named Md Shahjahan, 75, has drowned after going into the pond of the Kawkhali upazila parishad in Pirojpur to bathe.
The incident took place at around 11:30am on Wednesday (November 4).
Shahjahan lived in Masumpur village in Pirojpur Sadar upazila. He was the father of Miraj Hossain, a cleaner at the Kawkhali upazila parishad, and had come to visit his son’s home a few days earlier.
According to local people and police, Md Shahjahan went into the upazila parishad pond to bathe at around 11:30am on Wednesday and did not return home. At midday local people saw his body floating in the pond and informed the upazila administration. Police then recovered the body with the help of local people.
Dr Nahid Hasan, resident medical officer at the Kawkhali upazila health complex, said the man had died from drowning.
Confirming the incident, Kawkhali police station Inspector (Investigation) Md Ebad Ali said police reached the spot as soon as they were informed and recovered the body with the help of local people. As the family made no complaint and applied for it, the body was handed over to relatives, he said.
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