Dhaka, March 10 -- Police have recovered the body of a college student from a pond in Gopalganj's Muksudpur, two days after he went missing.

Investigators say four of his classmates murdered him to steal his iPhone and money to buy drugs.

The body of 17-year-old Siam Molla was found hidden under water hyacinths behind the Banshbaria Union Sub-Health Centre late on Monday, according to Muksudpur Police chief Abdullah Al Mamun.

Siam, a second-year HSC student at Govt Muksudpur College and son of Italian expatriate Likhan Molla, had been living with his maternal grandparents in Jhutigram since his mother's death four years ago.

Police have detained two classmates, aged 16 and 17, who reportedly confessed to the crime.

They told police t...