No signs of external or internal injuries were found on the body of senior journalist Bibhuranjan Sarkar, his autopsy report said.
Bibhuranjan went missing on Thursday, and later on Friday, his body was found from the Meghna River in Munshiganj.
The autopsy was conducted at the morgue of Munshiganj General Hospital on Saturday at about 11:30am in the presence of police and family members.
The hospital鈥檚 resident medical officer Sheikh Md Ehsanul Islam, who conducted the autopsy, said that no external or internal injury marks were found on Bibhuranjan鈥檚 body.
鈥楾he body was recovered from water and it showed early signs of decomposition,鈥� said the physician.
鈥楢s far as we could see, there were no external or internal injuries,鈥� he added, while speaking to reporters after the autopsy.
However, some samples, including teeth, hair, liver, kidneys and stomach were collected, he said, adding that these would be preserved and sent to Dhaka for further examination.
鈥榃e will be able to give a final opinion only after receiving those reports,鈥� he added.
Kalagachia Naval police outpost inspector Mohammad Saleh Ahmed Pathan said that the body was handed over to the family and further legal procedures would be taken after discussing with the family.
Bibhuranjan鈥檚 brother Chiraranjan Sarkar said that the family would wait for the final autopsy report.
鈥楢fter completing all formalities here, we will take the body to Dhaka. It will first be kept at his Siddheshwari residence for some time and then cremated at Borodeshwari Kali Temple in Sabujbagh,鈥� he said.
Asked about taking legal action, he said that they had yet to make any decision on the matter.
Born in 1954, Bibhuranjan began his journalism career in the late 1960s as a correspondent for Dainik Azad.
He completed his higher education from the Department of Bangla at Dhaka University. Over the years, he worked with several national dailies and weeklies.
He also served as the editor of Dainik Matribhoomi and Weekly Chaltipatra, and as the executive editor of Weekly Mridubhashan.
When he was a student, Bibhuranjan was assistant general secretary of the Bangladesh Student Union.
During the anti-Hussein Muhammad Ershad movement in the 1980s, his political articles were published in Weekly Jaijaidin under the pseudonym of 鈥楾arikh Ibrahim鈥�.