Man’s body recovered from Dhanmondi Lake

Police say he was scolded by his family the day before for not helping with his father's trade

Children are seen splashing in the clean water of Dhanmondi Lake, enjoying a swim in the recently risen water. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Police have recovered the body of a man from Dhaka’s Dhanmondi Lake.

Identified as 18-year-old Omar Faruk, police said, he had been scolded by his family the day before for not helping with his father's business.

On Sunday, Dhanmondi Police Inspector (Investigation) Abdul Alim said: “Upon receiving the information, we recovered the body from the lake. We did not find any wounds on the body.”

The dead hailed from Boubazar Tannery Mor in the capital’s Hazaribagh. He quit school after the fourth grade.

Officer Alim mentioned that the youth also had some friends of his age in the area.

The teenager's father, Abdul Kuddus Molla, is a fish merchant.

Alim said, "His mother had chided him on Friday for not helping his father with the business. After that, he left the house."

The body was sent to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital morgue for post-mortem examination.