River Police recovered the floating body of an unidentified man from Naf river at Teknaf in Cox’s Bazar on Saturday.
River Police Teknaf Station in-charge Inspector Tapan Kumar Biswas said the body was recovered from Jetty Ghat area of Naf river adjacent to Damdamia under Hrila union in Teknaf Upazila of Cox’s Bazar at 1:30pm.
The identity of the deceased could not be known as his face was distorted, he added.
Tapan Kumar Biswas said locals noticed the floating body in Naf river in Damdamia Jetty Ghat area at noon and informed the River Police. Later, a team of River Police went to the place and recovered the body. The deceased was wearing a half pant. His identity could not be known as his face was distorted. It is assumed that he is around 25 to 30 years old. Seeing the shape of face of the deceased, it was considered that he might be a citizen of Myanmar.
The body was sent to Cox’s Bazar Zila Sadar Hospital morgue for autopsy, he added.
