Police here on Wednesday recovered the body of one of the shareholders of a private hospital from the Gumti River in Palpara Bridge area of Sadar upazila.
The deceased was identified as Shahadat Ali Khan Shabat, 35, a shareholder of Midland Hospital in the city and son of Dr Liaqat Ali Khan of Bishnupur area of the city.
Anwarul Haque, officer-in-charge of Kotwali Police Station, said locals spotted the body floating in the river in the afternoon and informed police.
The body bore several injury marks, he said.
The body was sent to Comilla Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy, the OC said, adding that Shabat might have been strangulated to death.