Afghan national Imal Mohammadi has travelled to Jhenaidah to seek the return of his brother Hasmat Mohammadi’s body, more than four and a half months after it was buried as unclaimed. Although the Home Ministry has issued a no-objection letter, the exhumation and handover remain stalled pending formal instructions from the Foreign Ministry. Imal arrived in Jhenaidah on Monday, August 24, 2026, with DNA documents, ministry correspondence and identification papers.

Police and Border Guard Bangladesh personnel recovered an unidentified floating body from the Ichamati River near Polianpur border in Maheshpur on April 13. The PBI could not match the fingerprints with Bangladesh’s national identity card database, and Anjuman Mufidul Islam buried the body at Jhenaidah municipal cemetery on April 14. An unnatural death case, numbered 20, was filed at Maheshpur police station that day.

Family members identified the body through photographs on social media, according to a reliable source. Imal said the autopsy report cited heart disease and that the family wants to bury Hasmat in Afghanistan under religious rites. Jhenaidah Deputy Commissioner Noman Hossain said the administration is ready to assist once it receives the Foreign Ministry’s formal letter.