Youth’s body recovered from Gulshan Lake

The body of a youth named Jalal has been recovered from Gulshan Lake in Dhaka. The deceased was aged around 21–23 years.

Around 1:15am on Sunday (August 31), police rescued him in an unconscious state and took him to the emergency department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital, where doctors declared him dead.

Gulshan Police Station Sub-Inspector (SI) Ruhul Amin said they received information from community police at night that four youths had jumped into Gulshan Lake. Two swam away, one was taken into police custody, and Jalal was rescued unconscious. He was later taken to Dhaka Medical College (DMCH), where doctors declared him dead. His body has been kept in the morgue for autopsy. One person is in custody and is being interrogated.

The SI added that earlier around 10:30pm, they had received information that 15–20 youths had gathered by the lake with sticks, but no one was found when police reached the spot. Later, Jalal was recovered from the lake unconscious. The deceased used to live in Sat Tola slum of Mohakhali. He previously worked in an AC company but was not engaged in any work recently.

Pedestrian Sanjit Bala said, “On our way home after duty, we saw a youth struggling in the lake. With the help of police, we rescued him and took him to the hospital, where doctors declared him dead.”