Body of Indian medical student recovered from pond in Cumilla

Police have recovered the body of an Indian medical student from a pond in Burichang upazila of Cumilla, two days after he went missing. The body was found in a pond in Monipur village on Wednesday morning.

Lutfur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Burichang Police Station, confirmed the information to the media.

The deceased, Adnan Altaf, was 26 and hailed from Kashmir, India. He was a student in the 14th batch (2017–18 academic year) of Eastern Medical College in Burichang.

Surjit Barua, inspector and in-charge of the Debpur police outpost, said local residents spotted Adnan’s body floating in the pond at around 7am on Wednesday. Police recovered it after being alerted.

He said Adnan had been missing since leaving the college campus at around 11pm on Monday. His classmates and others searched for him but could not find him. A general diary was subsequently filed with Burichang Police Station on Tuesday.

Dr Shah Md Selim, chairman of the governing board of Eastern Medical College, said Adnan had enrolled at the institution in the 2017–18 academic year. As his classmates had already completed their courses, he had been suffering from psychological distress. For this reason, the college had allowed his mother to stay with him on campus.

He said around 300 international students are currently enrolled in the MBBS programme at Eastern Medical College.

Lutfur Rahman, the officer-in-charge, said the body had been sent to Cumilla Medical College Hospital for an autopsy. The cause of death will be known after the post-mortem report is received.