File photo: Former Bangladesh Air Force officer KM Tahsif Souri
DHAKA: A former Bangladesh air force officer, reportedly linked to a video purportedly showing Sheikh Hasina fleeing the country on Aug 5, 2024, has been found dead near a river in Dhaka, with police saying an inquest report has found no external injury marks, though blood was seen coming out from his nose. “Tahsif sent his mother a message round 1:30am Wednesday, saying he would return home. Tahsif’s interview prompted the military’s public relations directorate (ISPR) to reiterate its statement of Aug 4, 2025, denying reports that the action taken against Tahsif and flight lieutenant Rifat Ashrafi was related to reports of the officers recording and sharing of the video showing former PM Hasina fleeing.
The body of former flight lieutenant Tahsif Souri (28) – “compulsorily retired” from service a year after the fall of Hasina govt – was recovered from Turag River Wednesday, a day after he went missing. Police said Tahsif’s body was sent for autopsy to Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College. But he never did” said Helal.
His father KM Enayetul Karim Helal claimed an acquaintance, Dwip, took Tahsif out on Tuesday evening.