Ali Liaquat found dead in East London canal
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The police rushed to the scene shortly after 7 a.m. and a crime scene was put in place along the canal while they worked to recover the body.
Fifty-five-year-old Ali Liaquat has been found dead in the Regent’s Canal, East London with ‘no signs of injuries’, local media reported.
Ali’s body was recovered from the water near Rhodeswell Road in Limehouse on Wednesday, October 11.
After the police were contacted at 7:11 a.m. that day with reports of the sighting, the man was identified as Ali Liaquat, 55, who lived in the E14 area.
The police rushed to the scene shortly after 7 a.m. and a crime scene was put in place along the canal while they worked to recover the body.
His next of kin have been informed. A post-mortem has taken place which showed no signs of injuries that may have resulted in his death.
The police are not treating his death as suspicious but are appealing for witnesses to come forward if they have any information surrounding the death of Mr Liaquat.
“While the death is not being treated as suspicious at this time, officers are working to establish how Ali came to be in the water and are pursuing a number of enquiries. Officers from the Central East Command Unit are asking anyone who may have seen Ali in the time before his death – especially in the vicinity of Turners Road and Rhodeswell Road – to make contact,” a spokesperson for the Met is quoted by MyLondon.
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