Awami League leader’s body recovered from pond in Chandpur
Photo: Md Dulal Alam Prakash
Police have recovered the body of a leader of the now-banned Awami League from a pond in Chandpur.
Md Dulal Alam Prakash (65) was the president of Ward No. 8 of the Kalcho South Union unit of the Awami League and a former union parishad (UP) member.
His body was recovered from a pond in the Noapara area of Kalcho South Union in Hajiganj on Wednesday afternoon.
Union Parishad Chairman Golam Mostafa Swapan confirmed the incident.
Dulal Alam was the son of the late Abdul Latif of the ‘Londoni Bari’ in Noapara village. He was a former UP member of Ward No. 8 in the same union. He is survived by his wife, three sons and a daughter.
Local residents said family members and locals recovered his body after spotting it floating in the pond on Wednesday afternoon. They noticed bloody wounds and injury marks on his head.
After receiving the information, police visited the scene, prepared an inquest report and took the body to the police station.
Hajiganj Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Md Kawsar Alam Bhuiyan said the body would be sent to the morgue of Chandpur Government General Hospital for an autopsy.
He added that the incident was being investigated and legal action would be taken after the autopsy report was received.
