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Police recovered the body of a 36-year-old man from the Brahmaputra River in Sherpur on Monday.
The body of Hafizur Rahman Russell, son of Badal Mia of Patharia area in Jamalpur, was recovered from the river near Bhagalgar area of Char Pakshimari Union in Sherpur Sadar around noon.
Russell was an auto-rickshaw driver.
Locals spotted the body floating in the river in the morning and informed police. Police later went to the spot and recovered the body.
Sherpur Sadar Police Station Officer-in-Charge Khokon Chandra Ghosh said the body was sent to a hospital for autopsy.
“Further legal proceedings are underway,” he said.