Police on Tuesday recovered the body of a 70-year-old man, 36 hours after he went missing while taking a bath in the Kushiyara River in Golapganj upazila of Sylhet.
The deceased Diresh Das hailed from Bagla Chhayghari village of Badepasha union of the upazila.
Kushiyara Police Outpost Assistant Sub-inspector Shekhar Chakraborty confirmed the matter.
His relatives found the body floating around 4:00 am on Tuesday. Later, the body was recovered and was sent to Sylhet Osmani Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy, said the ASI.
It is to be noted that on Sunday around 4:30 pm, Diresh Das along with his wife went to Kushiyara River near Bagla Chhayghari village of Badepasha union of the upazila to clean grass.
After cleaning the grass, he suddenly fell ill while bathing in the river. Then he drowned. His wife tried but could not save him.