Dhaka, Oct. 30 -- The father of former Air Force officer Tahsif Souri has described police's account of Tahsif jumping into the Turag River after being chased by law enforcers in Tongi's Mazar Slum area as "ridiculous".

Tahsif's father Enayetul Karim told bdnews24.com on Friday, "Isn't it ridiculous to think a military officer would run after being chased by police? Such a thing cannot have happened."

The Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) arrested Ahmed Shahriar Reza Dwip, a junior whom Tahsif was friendly and involved in business with, on Thursday night in connection with the recovery of the body from the Turag River.

On Friday morning, the PBI reported the recovery of an unregistered Suzuki Gixxer SF motorcycle used by Tahsif from...