Body of schoolteacher recovered 25 days after boat capsize in Padma

Police have recovered the body of a schoolteacher 25 days after he went missing in a boat capsize incident in the Padma River near Sindbi Ghat in Faridpur.

The River Police unit of Jajira police station found the body of Alamgir Hossain, a teacher at Faridpur High School, in the Majhir Char area near pillar No 5 of the Padma Bridge on Sunday noon.

District Superintendent of Police Md Alimuzzaman confirmed the matter to Dhaka Tribune.

Fifteen teachers of different schools of the district went on a river excursion on August 25. Alamgir and Azmal Hossain of Government Sarda Sundari Mahila College had gone missing after their boat capsized in the mighty Padma.

Azmal’s body was found near pillar No 33 of the Padma bridge earlier on September 1.