Police recovered the body of a man from inside a plastic drum in the city’s Jatrabari area Tuesday.
The identity of the deceased, aged around 30-40, could not be ascertained immediately, said police.
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Md Ershad Alam, sub-inspector (SI) of Jatrabari police station, said they recovered the body from inside a blue plastic drum near the canal at Mridha Bari Zia Sarani Road around 6am.
The body was sent to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) morgue for an autopsy, he added.