The elder brother of the railways minister was found dead yesterday in the waters of the Dhanmondi Lake in the capital.
The body of 70-year-old ABM Abdul Latif, a retired additional secretary of the government, was found floating in the lake near the BGB gate in Dhanmondi 2 at around noon.
Dhanmondi police station Officer-in-Charge Abu Bakar Siddiqui told the Dhaka Tribune that they suspected that the death was an accident where no foul play was involved.
“He [Latif] went for a walk at around 9pm on Saturday and did not return home. No injury marks were found on his body, while a bunch of grass was found clasped in his hands; this suggests that he may have grasped onto the grass while falling down [in the lake].
“Although his mobile phone could not be found, he still had some money in his pocket” the OC added.
The family of the deceased requested not to have an autopsy performed on Latif as they also believed that the death was an accident, the police officer told the Dhaka Tribune.
Talking to reporters at the late additional secretary’s Dhanmondi residence, Railways Minister Mujibul Hoque said his brother’s namaz-e-janaza would be held later in their native village at Comilla’s Sripur union in Chauddagram upazila.
