The body of private television channel GTV journalist Rahanuma Sarah (32) was recovered in Hatirjheel of the capital.

On Tuesday (August 27) around 2:30 am, doctors declared him dead when he was taken to Dhaka Medical College (DMH) hospital unconscious.

Rahanuma Sarah used to work as the newsroom editor of GTV. He is said to have lived in Kalyanpur. His father, veteran journalist Bakhtiar Shikder, is the president of the Noakhali Press Club.

Pedestrian who brought him to the hospital. Sagar said that the woman was floating in the water of the lake under the first bridge of Hatirjheel around 1:30 a.m. His bag was floating next to him. He was quickly taken from the water and taken to Faraji Hospital. However, the hospital authorities did not treat him there. Later, when he was taken to Dhaka Medical, the doctor declared him dead.

Sagar said that he did not know how the woman drowned in the lake water.
Inspector in charge of police camp at DMK Hospital. Bachchu Mia said that Rahanuma Sarah’s body has been kept in the hospital’s emergency department morgue.
However, the exact cause of his death is not yet known. The concerned police station has been informed about this.