BRAHMANBARIA, Dec 18: The body of a young man, who went missing in the Meghna River in Sarail Upazila of the district two days back, was recovered on Tuesday.
Fire Service personnel recovered the body from the river at Aruail of the upazila in the morning.
Deceased Habib Mia, 30, son of Shamsu Mia, was a resident of Barpaika Village under Aruail Union.
Sarail Fire Service Station In-Charge Riaz Mohammad said that Habib Mia used to earn by fishing in the Titas River. On Saturday afternoon, a net got stuck in the wing of a bulkhead named Bepari Enterprise in the Meghna River. The people at Bulkhead made a deal with Habib for Tk 5,000 to recover the net. Then Habib dived 10 feet under water to find the net from the wing of the boat but did not come up again.
Locals, after searching for a long time, informed the matter to police and Fire Service. Later on, when the Sarail Fire Service failed to locate him, a diving team was brought from Bhairab. They also tried but failed.
After two days, the body of the youth was found floating in the river about one and a half kilometres away from the scene on Tuesday.
