Police and fire service personnel recovered the decomposed body of a young man named Md. Abdullah Pashari, aged 22, from inside a sunken ship in Umedpur area of Parerhat Union, Jhalokathi upazila of Pirojpur, on Sunday afternoon. The joint operation took place around 5 p.m., following a missing person report filed three days earlier. Abdullah was the son of Alal Pashari from Umedpur village.

According to family sources, Abdullah had been missing for three days. His brother, Rana Pashari, found his shoes and mobile phone near the sunken vessel named MV Green Estrol-1, which had previously sunk near Parerhat fish port. Following this discovery, a general diary was filed at Jhalokathi Police Station on June 13. Police later requested assistance from the fire service to locate the missing man.

The officer-in-charge of Jhalokathi Police Station, Md. Mohabbat Khan, confirmed that an unnatural death case has been filed. The body has been sent for autopsy, and further legal steps will follow after the post-mortem report clarifies whether the death was accidental or intentional.