Police recovered the body of an auto-rickshaw driver from Trishal upazila of Mymensingh on Tuesday.

The body was found at a banana plantation in Ragmara Chairman Bari area near Dhaka-Mymensingh highway of the upazila on Tuesday afternoon.

The deceased was identified as Rakib, 14 of Konabari village of Sadar union of the upazila.

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Abu Bakar Siddique, officer-in-charge (investigation) of Trishal Police Station, confirmed the matter.

According to police and family sources, Rakib was a physically challenged auto-rickshaw driver. On Monday afternoon, he left home with his autorickshaw and did not return home at night. Rakib's family members could not find him after searching in various places.

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A day after he was missing, locals found the body lying on the plantation on Tuesday afternoon and informed the police. Later, police recovered the body from the spot. However, his autorickshaw was not found. Family members went to the spot and identified the body.

Rakib's father Babul Mia said, "My physically challenged son was missing since yesterday. He used to drive an autorickshaw. I searched for my son all night in the surrounding upazilas. I couldn't find him. Although his body was found today, we did not get the autorickshaw. We, father and son, used to earn money with this autorickshaw."

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The body was sent to the Mymensingh Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy. A case in this regard is under process to be filed at the police station, said the OC.