Police recovered the decomposed body of a young man from a canal in the Jamsing area of Savar on Friday.
The deceased was identified as Saiful Islam, 22, a laundry business worker, from Sreenodi village, Rajoir upazila, Madaripur.
Sheikh Farid, sub-inspector of Savar police station, said locals spotted the body of Saiful in a canal near Nabin Market and informed police.
Later, police recovered the body and sent it to Dhaka Medical College Hospital morgue for post mortem examination.
Sources from Saiful’s family said he there had been no trace of him since Tuesday.
The victim’s father, Khalilur Rahman, had filed a general diary with Savar police station after he went missing, which was later changed to a case after the discovery of the body.
