Former flight lieutenant’s body recovered from Turag River

Police recovered the body of a former Air Force officer from the Turag River in Dhaka on Wednesday afternoon, a day after he went missing.

The deceased was identified as K M Tahsif Sauri, 28, a retired flight lieutenant. Firoz Uddin, inspector at the Tongi outpost of the Dhaka region of the River Police, confirmed the information on Thursday morning.
Firoz Uddin said the River Police at the Tongi outpost recovered Tahsif’s body from the river near Rajabari Ghat around 4:30pm on Wednesday after receiving information through the national emergency service number 999. A phone and a wristwatch found with the body helped establish his identity.

According to the inquest report, Tahsif Souri was wearing a black Punjabi and white trousers. His face and forehead appeared normal, and his eyes were closed. Blood was coming from his nose, while no visible injury marks were found on any part of his body.

Following the preparation of an inquest report, the body was sent to the morgue of Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College for an autopsy.

The River Police official said the cause of death could be confirmed after the autopsy report was received.
He added that Tahsif lived with his family in a flat in Sector 18 of Uttara. He went missing on Tuesday. His father's name is K M Enayet Helal. Souri’s permanent address was in Sonadanga Residential Area of Khulna.

He later worked at the Bangladesh Cricket Board and Netra News.