Another Body Recovered From Dhanmondi Lake, Raising Questions Over a Troubling Pattern in Dhaka

Special Correspondent

Dhaka, September 22: Police recovered another floating body from Dhanmondi Lake, the only lake in the capital known as a symbol of the city’s beautification, on Tuesday morning. The same lake where people come to walk in the morning and evening, lovers spend time sitting and children play – it seems that the same lake is becoming the final destination of dead bodies again and again. It seems that the “Dhaka of life” has somehow ended up in the “city of corpses”.

Police said that between 6:30 am and 6:40 am on Tuesday, locals found the body floating in the water under the bridge behind Abeesh & Restaurant on the lakeside adjacent to Dhanmondi Road No. 10. They immediately informed the police after seeing this horrific scene.

The deceased has been identified as Md. Javed Ahmed (51). He was a resident of Pallabi area of ​​Mirpur. Upon reaching the spot, the police found a National Identity Card (NID) and mobile number with him, from which they contacted the family and asked them to come to the spot. Later, his wife came to the spot and identified the body.

Dhanmondi Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Muhammad Imdadul Islam said that after receiving the information, the police went to the spot, recovered the body and sent it to the Dhaka Medical College (DMCH) Hospital morgue for autopsy after completing the legal process. The initial police suspicion is that the incident may have been a suicide, but the real cause of death can only be confirmed after receiving the autopsy report.

Recently, there have been repeated tragic reports about this lake located in the heart of the city, raising new questions about safety and mental health in the minds of city dwellers. The lake, which was once a place of recreation and tranquility, is now occasionally becoming a witness to lonely deaths.