By Mizan Rahman
Dhaka
Police recovered the body of Bangladesh railways minister’s brother at the Dhanmondi Lake in Dhaka
yesterday.
Abdul Latif, the elder brother of railways minister Mujibul Haque, was a former additional secretary.
Police said Latif had been missing since Saturday evening when he went out for an evening walk in the lake area.
Later locals spotted his body floating in the lake around 11:30 am and informed the police.
The body had no injury marks, but torn grass was found in one of the hands, police said. “It seems he tried to grab the grass while falling down.”
Some cash was found in his pocket, but his mobile phone is missing.
“Family members suspect he fell into the lake accidentally while walking. And that’s why they do not want an autopsy,” said the police.
The family hails from Sripur Union of Comilla district’s Chouddagram sub-district.
Latif was the seventh of the eight siblings while the minister is the youngest. He was buried at the family graveyard in his ancestral home in Basuara village.
Latif retired in 2002 as an additional secretary of the industries ministry and is survived by his wife, two daughters and a son.
