Chittagong: Police recovered the hanging body of a retired Chittagong University professor from his residence at Paharika Housing Society in Hathazari upazila of Chittagong on Tuesday.

Prof Abul Kalam Azad, 70, was a teacher of Mathematics Department and went on retirement few years ago.

Being informed by local people, police recovered the body of Abul Kalam hanging from the ceiling fan in the afternoon and sent it to Chittagong Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy, said Mokaddes Mia, in-charge of Chittagong University police camp.