Police have recovered the body of a 45-year-old man, identified as Roman Prodhan alias Lalon from the capital’s Kamalapur area.
His body was recovered around 10:30am on Wednesday from a road next to the Kamalapur water tank.
The deceased was the son of Siraj Miah who hailed from Char Jago Mohan village under Kalkini police station in Madaripur district. He lived as a tenant at Raja Miah’s house in the first lane of Mugda Manda in Dhaka.
Police recovered the body after being informed by local residents. Following legal procedures, the body was sent to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital mortuary for an autopsy, Md Ershad Hossain, sub-inspector of Motijheel Police Station said.
According to initial information gathered from local people, the man died of electrocution while attempting to steal electric wires. It is suspected that the incident occurred at some point between midnight on Tuesday and early Wednesday morning. Further legal action regarding the matter is currently underway, the sub-inspector added.
