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Floating Body of Unemployed Man Recovered from Dhanmondi Lake in Dhaka

Police Recover Floating Body of 51-Year-Old Man from Dhanmondi Lake

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Staff Reporter • 22 Sept • 2 min read • 6 views · 4 impressions

Updated 4 Nov 2026

Floating Body of Unemployed Man Recovered from Dhanmondi Lake in Dhaka
Police recovered the floating body of a man from Dhanmondi Lake in Dhaka on Tuesday morning. Photo : Collected

Police recovered the floating body of a 51-year-old man from Dhanmondi Lake in the capital early Tuesday morning (September 22). The deceased was identified as Md. Javed Ahmed, a resident of a residential area under Bhatara Police Station in Dhaka.

According to Dhanmondi Police Station, locals spotted the body floating near the Abesh & Restaurant branch on Road No. 10 around 6:40 AM and notified authorities. Police recovered an National Identity (NID) card from the body, leading to the notification of his family. His wife, Shahana Zabin Khan, subsequently identified the body.

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Dhanmondi Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Muhammad Imdadul Islam stated that a police team led by Sub-Inspector Gafur recovered the body and sent it to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital morgue for an autopsy. While the victim's wife reported that he had been unemployed for a long period and suffered from financial hardship, police confirmed that an investigation is underway to determine the cause and circumstances of death.

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