The namaz-e-janaza of former Bangladesh Air Force Flight Lieutenant Tahsif Sauri was held in the capital’s Uttara on Thursday afternoon, followed by his burial at a cemetery in Sector 12.
The funeral prayers took place at 4:35pm at the Central Jame Mosque of the Rajuk Uttara Apartment Project in Sector 18.
His father, AKM Enayetul Karim Helal, confirmed the burial.
Tahsif’s body was recovered from the Turag River on Wednesday afternoon by members of the Tongi River Police Outpost in Gazipur.
The body was later taken to Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital for an autopsy.
After the examination, it was handed over to his relatives around 2:30pm on Thursday.
Family members then took the body to their residence in Uttara before the funeral prayers and burial.
