A 25-year old youth drowned at Manikdi in Sabujbagh area of the city Tuesday night.
The deceased was identified as Erfan Molla, 25, son of Late Abdur Razzak Molla of Madborerkandi village under Noria police station in Sariatpur district.
Erfan used to work at a workshop of Manikdi area.
Talking to reporters at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) morgue on Wednesday afternoon, victim’s elder brother Borhan Molla said his younger brother Erfan along with his some friends went to take a bath in a waterbody near a housing society of Manikdi Tuesday evening.
At one stage, he drowned in the waterbody, Borhan said.
Being informed, a team of police from Sabujbagh police station recovered the body of Erfan from the waterbody with the help of divers of Fire Service and Civil Defence, said SI Anwar Hossain of the police station.
The body was sent to DMCH morgue for autopsy on Wednesday morning.