Dhaka, Oct. 29 -- River Police have recovered the body of a former Bangladesh Air Force officer from the Turag River in Dhaka.

The deceased is retired Flight Lieutenant Tahsif Souri.

Inspector Firoz Uddin of the River Police's Tongi outpost told the media on Thursday that they received information through the national emergency service 999 and recovered the floating body from the Rajabari Ghat area of the river around 4:30pm on Wednesday .

"We found a mobile phone with him and identified him through the phone," he said.

Shahinur Zaman, duty officer at Uttarkhan Police Station, said on Thursday morning that the Tongi River Police outpost recovered the body from the Turag River on Wednesday afternoon.

As the matter fell under the juris...