Police have recovered the bodies of a rickshaw puller and an elderly man in separate incidents in Sadar upazila of Natore.
The body of Kamal Ruidas, 37, a rickshaw puller, was recovered from a pond in the Lenguria area of Natore town on Sunday, reports UNB.
According to family members, Kamal left home on Saturday evening and had been missing since then. Local residents spotted his body floating in the pond on Sunday morning and informed police.
Police recovered the body and sent it to the Natore General Hospital morgue for an autopsy.
Quoting local residents, Officer-in-Charge (OC) Manjur Rahman of Natore Sadar Police Station said Kamal was a regular drug user. "He might have lost control after consuming drugs beside the pond at night and accidentally fallen into the water," he said, adding that they were investigating the incident.
In another incident, Motaleb Khan, 65, was found dead at his home in the Ray Amhati area of Sadar upazila around 9:30pm on Saturday.
According to family members, Motaleb committed suicide after slitting his throat with a knife.
On information, police recovered the body and sent it to hospital for autopsy.
However, OC Manjur Rahman said there were several unanswered questions surrounding the death, and they were investigating it.
Local residents said Motaleb had been involved in a long-standing land dispute with his co-sharers.
