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Police recovered the body of former Bangladesh Air Force officer Flight Lieutenant Tahsif Suri from the Turag River in Dhaka on Wednesday, a day after he went missing.
The Tongi River Police outpost retrieved his body from the river near Raja Bari Ghat at around 4:30 pm, following a report made to the national emergency service 999.
Tongi River Police Outpost Inspector Firoz Uddin confirmed the recovery on Thursday morning.
He said Tahsif lived with his family in a flat in Sector 18 of Uttara in Dhaka. He had gone missing on Tuesday, he added.
After preparing an inquest report, police sent the body to the morgue of Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College for an autopsy.
Inspector Firoz said the cause of death would be confirmed after receiving the post-mortem examination report.