The police recovered the body of a man at Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital鈥檚 Shahbagh area on Saturday afternoon.
The deceased is Md Kalam Hossain, 55, a resident of Khulna.
Confirming the matter, Shahbagh police officer-in-charge Mohammad Khalid Mansoor said that the man was found unconscious near Gate 3 of Suhrawardy Udyan at about 1:30pm on Saturday.
He was later taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, where the doctor on duty declared him dead, the OC said.
Quoting family members of the deceased, OC Khalid said that Kalam had been a drug addict for a long time.
鈥榃e have contacted the deceased鈥檚 sister to hand over the body but she has refused to take the body as they come from a very poor family. His sister said that she could not afford the burial,鈥� he said.
The body was kept at the DMCH morgue for autopsy, he said, adding that the process was under way to decide the next course of action.
