A woman’s body was found floating in the pond

Noakhali Correspondent

Police have recovered the floating body of a woman from a pond in Kabirhat upazila of Noakhali.

The body was recovered from a pond in front of Bhuiyan Bari in Parashurampur village, ward number 9 of Narottampur union of the upazila, around 12 am on Thursday.

The body was sent to the 250-bed Noakhali General Hospital morgue for an autopsy on Friday morning, July 25th.

The deceased, Rokeya Parveen Surma (60), is the wife of Nurul Matin of Surma Manzil in Laxminarayanpur village of Kadir Hanif union in Sadar upazila.

Police and locals said that Parveen was suffering from schizophrenia. She was screaming in the house on Wednesday night. She does this sometimes. She left the house on Thursday morning.

At around 8:30 pm on the same day, passersby saw his body floating in the pond of Khokon Bhuiyan’s house in Parashurampur village of neighboring Kabirhat upazila.

Upon receiving the information, the police recovered the body of the old woman from the scene around midnight. Locals believe that the woman died after falling into the pond while walking through muddy water.

Kabirhat Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Shahin Mia said last night that the old woman’s son Monirul Ahsan said his mother was mentally ill. Her body was recovered from the pond based on information from locals. No signs of injury were seen on the deceased’s body.

He said the body will be sent to the hospital for an autopsy. The exact cause of death will be known once the autopsy report is received.