Rooppur nuke plant staff found dead

Police have recovered the body of a Russian employee working for a contractor firm at the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant in Ishwardi of Pabna.

The reason behind the death of Alex Rossem, 42, could not be known immediately.

The body was recovered from his room at Green City Residential Area of the project in the afternoon, Officer-in-Charge Asaduzzaman Asad of Ishwardi police said.

“He did not respond in the morning when his colleagues knocked the door around 10am,” the OC said.

The body would be sent to Russia following legal procedure, he added.