The body of college student Hafizur Rahman, 28, was recovered on Wednesday morning from a roadside ditch in Paikhati area of Boalmari, Faridpur, three days after a passenger bus crashed there. Rahman, a final-year student at Boalmari Institute of Engineering and Technology, had left home on Monday to travel to Faridpur for his final examination.

Police said a passenger bus and a truck collided head-on in front of an electricity substation in Paikhati on Monday. The bus fell into the ditch and at least 20 people were injured. The following day, the bus was lifted with a crane and taken to the police station, while searches of the scene and nearby areas did not locate any missing person.

A farmer saw the body floating in the ditch where the bus had fallen on Wednesday morning. Police and Fire Service personnel recovered it, and relatives identified it as Rahman. His uncle said Rahman had not returned home after leaving for the examination. Police said they believe he had been trapped underwater beneath the bus. A general diary had been filed in connection with his disappearance.